- I am proud to announce that Olive Vista Middle School won first place in last year's Battle of the Books!
- Battle of the Books is an exciting reading competition for all students. Students form teams who, as a group, read all twenty titles in the Battle of the Books list (see link below) over the next 6 months. The team competes in a Family Feud type competition, where two teams face off answering questions of the type: "In which book did one of the characters suddenly see the color red?" Answer: The Giver by Lois Lowry.
- Talk to your language arts teacher, and tell them you are planning to compete in Battle of the Books. Most teachers will accept titles on the list for credit for their outside reading assignments, as well as give extra credit for participating in the competition.
- Olive Vista will be having a school competition in March with a firm date to be announced. Book lists, information, and entry forms can be downloaded by clicking on the links below. Please return to this page for additional updates.
- The top four teams from our school competition will compete against other local middle schools in a regional competition, to be held at Sun Valley Middle School
Here is the 2019-020 Battle of the Books list.
Books are available in the OV Library, Amazon or at your local public library. Start reading today:)
Amal Unbound, by Aisha Saeed
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond, by Brenda Woods
Breakout, by Kate Messner
Crossover, by Kwame Alexander
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, by Jordan Sonneblick
Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell
Esperanza Rising, by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Front Desk, by Kelly Yang
Ghost Boys, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J. K. Rowling
Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You, by Ally Carter
Pablo and Birdy, by Alison McGhee
Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster
Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein, by Jennifer Roy
Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson
Shadow and Bone, by Leigh Bardugo
Spy School, by Stuart Gibbs
Star-Crossed, by Barbara Dee