Oregon Battle of the Books 2022-2023
2022-2023 Book List | Lista de Libros
The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows
The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth
Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes
Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte & Ann Xu
Rescue on the Oregon Trail by Kate Messner
Shirley and Jamila Save Their Summer by Gillian Goerz
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
Spark by Sarah Beth Durst
The Trouble with Weasels by Rob Harrell
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat
Learn more about OBOB at Buena Vista here (sign up, volunteer, and more)!
Oregon Battle of the Books is a reading/trivia competition that takes place at our school and potentially state wide if students do well. Incoming 3rd, 4th and 5th graders are eligible to participate. We’ll have our first school battles in February so there’s plenty of time to get reading! Each branch of the Eugene Library has a TON of OBOB books available to check out and each 4J student is able to get a library card.
A few tips
Get your team together and decide which books each team member should read. 4 students can compete at a time so teams of 4 or 5 are a good idea. With a book list of 16, each student should commit to reading 4. If students would like to read more, that’s fantastic!
Read your books! It’s a good idea to read once to get an overall feel and read a second time for details, making notes to refer to later and study. Look at character names, story details, locations and author names.
OBOB is a trivia competition and the more you know about your books the better!
Reading OBOB books is a great way to earn minutes toward the Summer Read-a-thon and Summer reading challenge!
Please contact Angelene Parr Ramos at AngeleneParrRamos@gmail.com or Jillian Ritchie at jilianritchie@gmail.com to be added to our OBOB mailing list or with any questions or for help sourcing books. We also have an OBOB Facebook group. Search Buena Vista OBOB.