Battle of the Books 2015

 

It's time to start High School Battle of the Books 2015! We have reduced the list to forty books but don't expect it to get easier, we will be increasing the amount of questions we do per book on battle day.

 

To participate in the program put together a team of up to eight students and get a copy of this list from the Orillia Public Library or the librarian at your school. As a group, all of the books on the list between November 2014 and May 2015.  In the spring you will be invited to the library where all three schools will compete against each other.  For the past three years a team from Patrick Fogarty has won the grand prize!

 

For more information contact me at ltoutant@orilliapubliclibrary.ca

 

 

1. Classic



1.  Animal Farm by George Orwell

2.  Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

3.  The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

4.  Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

5.  Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

 

 2.  Books With Impact

 

1. The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson

2.  We Were Liars by E Lockhart

3.  The Summer I Wasn't Me by Jessica Verdi

4.  Forgive Me Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick

5.  A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews

 

3.  Award Winning

 

1.  Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

2.  Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

3.  Ask the Passengers by A.S. King

4.  I am the Cheese by Robert Cormier

5.  The Road by Cormac McCarthy

 

4.  Books with a Female Protagonist

 

 

1.  Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy

2.  Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira

3.  Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano

4.  The Ring and the Crown by Melissa De La Cruz

5.  Empress of the World by Sara Ryan

 

5.  Books with a Male Protagonist

 

1.  The Rule of Three by Eric Walters

2.  More Than This by Patrick Ness

3.  Ungifted by Gordon Kormon

4.  Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

5.  The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan

 

6.  Science Fiction

 

1.  Eye of Minds by James Dashner

2.  The Here and Now by Anne Brashares

3.  Breathe by Sara Crossan

4.  World War Z by Max Brooks

5.  Birthmarked by Caraugh M. O'Brien

 

7.  Fantasy

 

1.  The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

2.  Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong

3.  White Space by Isla J Bick

4.  The Haven by Carol Lynch Williams

5.  Half Bad by Sally Green

 

8.  Wild Card

 

1.  Guy in Real Life by Steven Brezenoff

2.  Dorthy Must Die by D.M. Paige

3.  Noggin by John Corey Whaley

4.  Friend with Boiys by Faith Erin Hicks

5.  Panic by Lauren Oliver