Battle of the Books

An Invitation to All 6th Graders

To Read with the Battle of the Books Club 2022-2023

When: Tuesdays at Lunch

Where: STM Library

All 6th graders are welcome to become members of STM’s Battle of the Books Club and attend meetings during the school year, as long as you’ve submitted a signed permission form and have read the scheduled book. (You will receive the permission form in August when you return to school.)

To help you prepare for becoming a team member, I am attaching the reading list for the Battle. Please read as many of the books as you want over the summer. This will help when we begin school so you will not feel too overwhelmed with the 15-book assignment. Take good notes and be ready to ask plenty of questions. I hope you like these books as much as I do!

1. Here is the 2022-2023 list:

   1. Words on Fire By: Jennifer Nielsen

   ISBN: 978-1338275780

   
   
   • The Great Peach Experiment, Book 1: When Life

   Gives you Lemons, Make Peach Pie By: Erin Soderberg Downing

   ISBN: 978-1645950356

   
   
   1. The Beatryce Prophecy By: Kate DiCamillo

   ISBN: 978-1536213614

   
   
   1. The Silver Arrow By: Lev Grossman

   ISNB: 978-0316539548

   
   
   1. In the Shadows of Rome, Vol. 1: Phantom of the Colosseum By: Sophie de Mullenheim 

   ISBN: 978-1621644279

   
   
   1. The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, 1) By: Lloyd Alexander

   ISNB: 978-0805080483

   
   
   1. Ginger Pye By: Eleanor Estes

   ISBN: 978-0544927810

   
   
   • Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural

   Investigations, 1) By: B.B. Alston 

   ISBN: 978-0062975171

   
   
   1. Kizzy Ann Stamps By: Jeri Watts

   ISBN: 978-0763669768

   
   
   1. Premeditated Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle

   Mystery, 1) By: Elizabeth C. Bunce 

   ISBN: 978-1643751870

   
   
   1. Unplugged By: Gordan Korman

   ISBN: 978-0062798909

   
   
   • Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French

   and the Lincoln Memorial By: Linda Booth Sweeney

   ISBN: 978-0884486435

   
   
   • Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust

   and the Children He Rescued By: Peter Sis 

   ISBN: 978-1324015741

   
   
   1. Before the Ever After By: Jaqueline Woodson

   ISBN: 978-0399545436

   
   
   1. The Science of Breakable Things By: Tae Keller

   ISBN: 978-1524715694

    

The library will purchase four copies of each of the selected books for students to sign out on a first-come, first-served basis. We ask students to return books as soon as they finish so others may also sign them out. Copies are also available in your public library as well as on Amazon or any local bookstore. Students who purchase their own books tend to do much better in our discussion group.

I encourage parents to participate by either reading the book along with your child or making sure your child has time to read and comes ready to participate each week. 

Get ready to share in fun activities and discussions with your classmates! In May, we will choose five members of our group to represent us in the diocesan competition and battle 28 other schools in an “It’s Academic” type setting. We will all go along to cheer on our teammates. It is both exciting and fun to see what all of us have learned during the year.

Again, please read ahead and use your time wisely! I look forward to seeing all of you in August. Have a blessed and peaceful summer.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Pacheco, Librarian, [email protected]