Battle of the Books - Northlake vs. Lake Stevens Middle School
Published on Wed, Mar 25, 2009Read More Local News
Battle of the Books - Northlake vs. Lake Stevens Middle School
DANI FOSTER | CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Battle of the Books is a competition for readers. It started as a radio contest in Chicago in 1925. It has grown over the years and now takes place in many states. Students in the battle have four months to read eight books. This year’s list of books consisted of Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, Peak, Breathe: A Ghost Story, Warriors Don’t Cry, Marley: A Dog Like No Other, Double Identity, and Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books. Students form teams and are quizzed on questions from the eight books.
Battle of the Books is a competition for readers. It started as a radio contest in Chicago in 1925. It has grown over the years and now takes place in many states. Students in the battle have four months to read eight books. This year’s list of books consisted of Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, Peak, Breathe: A Ghost Story, Warriors Don’t Cry, Marley: A Dog Like No Other, Double Identity, and Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books. Students form teams and are quizzed on questions from the eight books.
This year was the eighth Battle of the Books with North Lake Middle School battling Lake Stevens Middle School for the prize. The battle had 26 different teams competing. There were three rounds. In order to make it to the third round, the championship round, you had to score the most points in the prior rounds.
The four teams that made it to the championship round were Marley and Us (NLMS), Swedish Geekazoids (LSMS), The Flickers (LSMS), and Team Awesome (NLMS). Marley and Us came in first place. The Flickers came in second and the Swedish Geekazoids came in third. North Lake Middle took the championship, and Lake Stevens Middle is waiting until next year to come in first place.
