Junior High Battle of the Books- Holy Rosary School
The Holy Rosary Library has several copies of each title that may be checked out. Students are encouraged to use the Seattle Public Library to checkout books due to our school’s limited copies and high demand. Students should also try the library apps Overdrive or Libby to access audio books. The Junior High teachers support reading many of these titles and include more titles on their reading list.
*Note from the teachers: All 8th grade students must read one book from this list by the first week of school for a required book review and book talk in English class. All students in the junior high must read two books from the BoB list to earn a B. Three books earns an A-. Four or more books earns an A+. Students have until spring trimester to fulfill the requirement. Typically, all students are assigned to read 3-5 books from the BoB list in order to help out their team for the BoB competition in the spring. Plan to read at least two of these books this summer and get ahead to help out your team! Suggested summer reading is 20+ minutes a day in the summer. Students can read selections from their previous Close Reader workbook, novels from this list, or ANY books / texts of interest during the summer. Have fun and be creative — cookbooks, blogs, manuals, magazines, newspapers, websites, editorials, movie reviews, maps, charts, comic books, graphic novels, poetry, song lyrics, diaries, fiction, non-fiction.
2023-2024 Book List
- Amari and the Night Witch by BB Alston
- Battle Dragons City of Thieves by Alex London
- The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
- Game Changers by Tommy Greenwald
- Linked by Gordon Korman
- Island of Spies by Sheila Turnage
- Ophie’s Ghost by Justina Ireland
- When the World was Ours by Liz Kessler
- Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
- Crash from Outer Space by Candace Fleming
- Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
- Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
- Thanks A Lot Universe by Chad Lucas
- The Lion of Mars by Jennifer Holm
- Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman
- Unplugged by Gordon Korman
- School Trip by Jerry Craft