At Berkeley's school there were 40 Battle of the Books teams. They all read 16 books and then there was a tournament to see which team could answers trivial questions about the books. Berkeley's team won! Four guys and one girl.
So last night they competed with nine teams who were best in the region. It was held at Powells Book Store. Three of the authors were there. The questions were really hard. Although on the ones about Fablehaven Maia and Sydney knew the answers. This was a warm up tournament and the official one will be on the 14th. But now they see the competition they'll be up against.
Go Berkeley's team!
Here are the 16 books if Zachary or Rachel or Jason or anybody else wants a list of good books to read:
Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher, historical fiction
Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz, adventure/mystery
Atherton: House of Power by Patrick Carman, science fiction
Bat 6 by Virginia Wolff, historical fiction
Call Me Hope by Gretchen Olson, realistic
Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury, historical fiction
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull, fantasy
Fire on the Wind by linda Crew, historical fiction about the Tilamook Burn
Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary, biography
Half-Moon Investigations by Eloin Colfer, adverture/mystery
Minerva Clark Gets a Clue by Karen Karbo, mystery/humor
Peak by Roland Smith, adventure
The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Jones, fantasy
Sea Otter REscue: the Aftermath of an Oil Spill by Roland Smith, non-fiction
Stout-hearted Seven by Neta Frazier, historical fiction
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin, fantasy
3 comments:
I'm glad Berkeley has been blessed with the combination of insight and training to feel that the most essential influences from the books he is battling are things that can't be battled.
-Carl
He hasn't done a lick of studying since that night. But he's into a book by that "Supersize Me" guy. He's been full of new disturbing facts each day.
I guess I was the only one that noticed the camera in that picture.
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