Welcome to our book battle page of resources!
Below is a list of this year's 2017 Bluestem Award nominees. As a school, we will allow students, 3rd - 5th grade, to vote for the state award (in March) and our own school award (in May) if a student has read 4 or more of these books. Our students will help decide which book will win the Bluestem Award & our very own Park School Book Battle Award!
We are promoting these books at school and would love for you to at home. Each child also has a bookmark with these titles on it.
If you have any questions please let us know!
Below is a list of this year's 2017 Bluestem Award nominees. As a school, we will allow students, 3rd - 5th grade, to vote for the state award (in March) and our own school award (in May) if a student has read 4 or more of these books. Our students will help decide which book will win the Bluestem Award & our very own Park School Book Battle Award!
We are promoting these books at school and would love for you to at home. Each child also has a bookmark with these titles on it.
If you have any questions please let us know!
Check out the list of nominees:
Absolutely Almost By: Lisa Graff
Becoming Babe Ruth By: Matt Tavares
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z By: Kate Messner
Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile By: Marcia Wells/ Marcus Calo
El Deafo By: Cece Bell
The Fourteenth Goldfish By: Jennifer L. Holm
The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable By: Dan Gutman
Gone Fishing: A novel in verse By: Tamera Will Wissinger/Matthew Cordell
The Journey that Saved Curious George By: Louise Borden
Justin Case: School, Drool, and other Daily Disasters By: Rachel Vail/Matthew Cordell
Lulu’s Mysterious Mission By: Judith Viorst / Kevin Cornell
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher By: Dana Alison Levy
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH By: Robert C. O’Brien
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands By: Katherine Roy
Rain Reign By: Ann M. Martin
Shooting at the Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914 By: John Hendrix
Sit In: How Four Friends Stood up by Sitting Down By: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Spirit Animals: Wild Born By: Brandon Mull
Tuck Everlasting By: Natalie Babbitt
The War that Saved my Life By: Kimberly Bradley Brubaker
Becoming Babe Ruth By: Matt Tavares
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z By: Kate Messner
Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile By: Marcia Wells/ Marcus Calo
El Deafo By: Cece Bell
The Fourteenth Goldfish By: Jennifer L. Holm
The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable By: Dan Gutman
Gone Fishing: A novel in verse By: Tamera Will Wissinger/Matthew Cordell
The Journey that Saved Curious George By: Louise Borden
Justin Case: School, Drool, and other Daily Disasters By: Rachel Vail/Matthew Cordell
Lulu’s Mysterious Mission By: Judith Viorst / Kevin Cornell
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher By: Dana Alison Levy
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH By: Robert C. O’Brien
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands By: Katherine Roy
Rain Reign By: Ann M. Martin
Shooting at the Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914 By: John Hendrix
Sit In: How Four Friends Stood up by Sitting Down By: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Spirit Animals: Wild Born By: Brandon Mull
Tuck Everlasting By: Natalie Babbitt
The War that Saved my Life By: Kimberly Bradley Brubaker
Want to check out summaries and reviews of these books? Click on the "Book Summaries & Reviews" button below, then search the book you're interested in.
Want to play the game that goes along with Spirit Animals? Click on the button below. You will have to register for a free scholastic account, then it will let you play along!
Feel free to check out our schools' very own book battle page too!