Enrichment & Challenges

Battle of the Books

• Limo Lunch Challenge
  • Read ALL of the books on your list by April 1, 2017 and enjoy a Limo Lunch with Mrs. Myers. You must compete in Battle to be eligible.
• 1st-4th grade, internal contest at AcademyACL
  • Standard 30 Grades 3-5, book list here
    • List starts with:
      Applegate, Katherine The One and Only Ivan
      Blume, Judy Freckle Juice
      Bulla, Clyde Robert A Lion to Guard Us
      Byar, Betsy Tornado
      Christopher, Matt Ice Magic
      Cleary, Beverly Muggie Maggie
      ...
      All ABB booklists are copyrighted.If you have any questions regarding which specific book/title or in a series of books/titles has been selected, please contact Beyda for Books.
• 5th grade, Pikes Peak Region, book list here
• 6th-8th, Colorado Springs School District 11
  • Battle of the Books List,  2017-2018 School Year        
    • Booked by Kwame Alexander
    • Grandmaster by David Klass
    • Greenglass House by Kate Milford
    • Hold Fast by Blue Balliett
    • I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifrenka and Martin Ganda
    • Listen Slowly by Thanahha Lia
    • March: Book One by John Lewis
    • Maybe a Fox by Kathi Appelt
    • Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin
    • No Summit Out of Sight: The True Story of the
    • Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits by Jordan Romero
    • Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
    • Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
    • The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death and a Boy Called Eel by Deborah Hopkinson
    • The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
    • The Trollhunters by Guillermo Del Toro