Clubs

Battle of the Books

SAL

North Windy Ridge offers Battle of the Books for both 5th and 6th grade students.
Fifth Grade students take part in the elementary version and Sixth Grade competes in the original Middle School version of the Club.

Battle of the Books is an after school club for sixth grade students who love to read.  Students work throughout the school year to read the following book list of 16 titles.  In the Spring the team competes against other intermediate and middle schools on their knowledge of the books.  Students answer questions about the books by identifying the book title and author.  BoB meets after school one day a week until 3:30.   

Coaches: Rachel Brillisour, Media Specialist

Dietra Garden, Art Teacher

Ashlords*- Scott Reintgen

The Best at It - Maulik Pancholy

Beyond the Bright Sea - Lauren Wolk

Bloom - Kenneth Oppel

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind** - William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer

The Bridge Home - Padma Venkatraman

Freewater - Amina Luqman-Dawson

Ghost - Jason Reynolds

A Good Kind of Trouble - Lisa Moore Ramée

I Must Betray You - Ruta Sepetys

I Will Always Write Back - Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda

The Lost Year - Katherine Marsh

Maybe He Just Likes You - Barbara Dee

Mexikid*** - Pedro Martín

Paper Things - Jennifer Richard Jacobson

Roller Girl - Victoria Jamieson

The Screaming Staircase - Jonathan Stroud

Simon Sort of Says - Erin Bow

Song for a Whale - Lynne Kelly

A Wish in the Dark - Christina Soontornvat

*Student choice selection
**Young Readers Edition
***Mexikid has replaced The Fort by Gordon Korman. The Fort will appear on the 2025-26 MBOB list.

Updated list as of March 2024

Coach: Aubrey Cripps

Shine on, Luz Veliz! - Rebecca Balcarcel

Stella by Starlight - Sharon M. Draper

Hello, Universe - Erin Entrada Kelly

Yusuf Azeem is not a Hero - Saadia Faruqi

Ban this Book - Alan Gratz

The Fourteenth Goldfish - Jennifer L. Holm

Shouting at the Rain - Lynda Mullaly Hunt

The Parker Inheritance - Varian Johnson

Chester Keene Cracks the Code - Kekla Magoon

From the Desk of Zoe Washington - Janae Marks

Rain Reign - Ann M. Martin

Merci Suarez Changes Gears - Meg Medina

**At the Bottom of the World - Bill Nye & Gregory Mone

*The Lost Library - Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass

Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy - Angie Thomas

Save Me a Seat - Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan

*Student choice selection
**Jack and the Geniuses-Book 1