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2025

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2025 Practice Questions

Past Battle of the Books

2025 Schedule

March 25th @ 9:30 - Grade 4

March 26th @ 9:30 - Grade 6

March 27th @ 9:30 - Grade 5

April 3rd @ 1:30 - Grade 9-12

2025 Winners!

4th Grade

1st PLACE:     The Magicians - Gansevoort Elementary - Rome

2nd PLACE:     Stokes Strawberries - Stokes Elementary - Rome

3rd PLACE:     The Gators - Gansevoort Elementary - Rome

5th Grade

1st PLACE:     Purple Pickles - Stokes Elementary - Rome

2nd PLACE:     Masterducks - Gansevorort Elementary - Rome

3rd PLACE:     Quiet Coyotes - Gansevoort Elementary - Rome

6th Grade

1st PLACE:     The Purple Pickle Potato Chips - Gansevoort Elementary - Rome

2nd PLACE:     Dr. Peppers - Stokes Elementary - Rome

3rd PLACE:     The Book Clique - Madison Central School

7th & 8th Grade

NO COMPETITION THIS YEAR

9th - 12th Grade

1st PLACE:     The Children of Athena - VVS High School

2nd PLACE:     The Mystery Machine - Madison Central School

3rd PLACE:     Glossary Gladiators - Morrisville-Eaton High School

BOB Flyer 7 & 8

BOB Flyer 9-12

Book Selections for 2025 BOB

4th Grade

I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967: A Graphic Novel by Lauren Tarshis

El Deafo by Cece Bell

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Frindle by Andrew Clements

5th Grade 

Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd

Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

Masterminds by Gordan Korman

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Funny Bones by Duncan Tonatiuh

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen

6th Grade 

When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson

Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn

Starfish by Lisa Fipps

Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

New Kid by Jerry Craft

I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood

7th & 8th Grade 

Hum by William David Thomas

Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martin

Alabama Moon by Watt Key

Dark Life by Kat Falls

The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin

A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

Other Words for Home by Jasime Warga

9th-12th Grade 

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang

Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst

How Dare the Sun Rise by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

No Summit Out of Sight by Jordan Romero

 

 

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