Oregon Battle of the Books is a statewide program designed to promote a love of reading! Teams of four students compete to answer trivia questions drawn from 16 books in a quiz-show style format. Teams can have a fifth member as an alternate and each team should have a lead parent/coach.

Hallinan’s program will run from November through March (if a team advances past the district level, competition can stretch into April). Teams will read/practice on their own until February, when “battles” begin in a bracket-style play-off system. You can anticipate 2-3 battles per week for at least three weeks in February.

If your student doesn’t have a team, we can help them find one!

2022-2023 Books for the 3rd to 5th Grade Division

• 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
  
• **Removed-Ten by Shamini Flint