The 2010 Battle of the Books competitions have come to an end. The high school teams weren't going down without a fight! A three-way tie took us into a question after question after question tie-breaker round. The judges had to create new tie-breaker questions on the spot after we exhausted our list. All of the teams did an awesome job!
This year's winners are:
First Place
The Knights Who Say Ni
Second Place Bibliophobics Third Place Rapid Readers
Thank you to all of the other teams and team managers who worked so hard for this year's Battle:
Pirate Rangers Moon Monsters Team Espana Toxic Cupcakes Veni Vedi Vici
*Be on the lookout for Battle information next November, as there will be some new requirements for teams and team managers.
The 7th and 8th graders had 14 teams at last night's Battle of the Books, the most teams this year! We had to hold the Battle in a new venue, the Sewickley Academy cafeteria, because of the large number of participants and spectators!
Every team did a fantastic job and their enthusiasm and cheering made the night fun for me (and hopefully everyone!). I know everyone worked incredibly hard and the competition was fierce, but unfortunately there can only be three prize winners. This year's winners are as follows:
1st Place Reading Dragons IV 2nd Place Reading Dragon Slayers 3rd Place Team B.O.B.
Thank you to all the other teams and team managers who worked so hard to participate in this program:
The Atomic Books The Cinq Amis Epic Uberwins Fab 5 Nerd Herd Potter's Angels The Surreal Suckers Thing One Thing 2 Typhoon Readers United Readers
A huge thank you to the 13 6th grade teams that participated in last night's Battle of the Books! There were lots of fantastic team names to be heard and creative team shirts to be seen from the following schools:
Cornell Elementary Ingomar Middle School
Moon Middle School Quaker Valley Middle School and Sewickley Academy
Heather and I were excited that the teams were able to answer many of our hardest questions. Because of this we had to hold a tie-breaker round where two teams went question for question until a 3rd place winner could be determined! While every team did a fantastic job, the teams that follow were the 2010 prize winners:
1st Place Radioactive Readers 2nd Place Ingomar Middle School 3rd Place Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Readers
Thank you and congratulations to the other teams who made last night so much fun, we hope to see you all again next year!
Barbie Rockers Chocolate Barrs JuhJuhJuhJuherrr Queens of Hearts Radiant Readers Soccer Chics 3 The Smarties Spicy Chicken Burritos Team Nike Wicked Wallabys
Bound by Donna Jo Napoli - In a novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well.
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It by Sundee Frazier - Brendan Buckley, a biracial ten-year-old applies his scientific problem-solving ability and newfound interest in rocks and minerals to connect with his white grandfather, the president of Puyallup Rock Club, and to learn why he and Brendan's mother are estranged.
Football Hero by Tim Green - When twelve-year-old Ty's brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in trouble with the Mafia.
Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler - While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.
Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator by Jennifer Allison - During the summer before ninth grade, intrepid Gilda Joyce invites herself to the San Francisco mansion of a distant cousin Lester Splinter and his thirteen-year-old daughter, where she uses her purported psychic abilities and detective skills to solve the mystery of the mansion's boarded-up tower.
Gossamer by Lois Lowry - While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
Kiki Strike Inside the Shadow City by Kristin Miller - Life becomes more interesting for Ananka Fishbein when, at the age of twelve, she discovers and underground room in the park across from her New York City apartment and meets a mysterious girl called Kiki Strike who claims that she, too, wants to explore the subterranean world.
Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan - When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.
Ruby Electric by Theresa Nelson - Twelve-year-old Ruby Miller, movie buff and aspiring screen writer, tries to resolve the mysteries surrounding her little brother's stuffed woolly mammoth and their father's five year absence.
Schooled by Gordon Korman - After his hippie grandmother ends up in the hospital, Cap Anderson is forced to leave the commune where he is homeschooled and attend the Claverage Middle School, where his odd looks and behavior make him the target of bullies.
