The 5th & 6th Grade Battle of the Books is coming! On Thursday, April 9 at 6:00 PM, students in grades 5 & 6 will battle for book knowledge supremacy at the Moon Area Middle School Gym.
Registration
- Team registration must be completed by March 15, 2026. Click HERE to register.
- Teams have 1-5 members.
- If you can’t find a team or need members for your team, contact Ms. Megan.
- Team managers will receive an information packet upon registration.
Watch the FAQ PowerPoint here.
Books
N. E. R. D. S. #1: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society
By Michael Buckley
Available as a book, CD audiobook, and ebook.
Summary: While running a spy network from their elementary school, five unpopular misfits combine their talents and use cutting-edge gadgetry to fight evil around the world.
New Kid #1
By Jerry Craft
Available as a book, CD audiobook, Playaway, and digital audiobook.
Summary: Instead of sending Jordan to the arts school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics. Jordan turns out to be one of the few kids of color in his entire grade and struggles to find balance between his home life in Washington Heights and his new upscale academy.
Operation Kinderspion #1: Max in the House of Spies
By Adam Gidwitz
Available as a book, large print book, ebook, digital audiobook, and Wonderbook.
Summary: To find his way back home to his family in Germany during WWII, Max Bretzfeld, with a kobold named Berg on one shoulder and a dybbuk named Stein on the other, sets out to do the impossible — become a British spy.
The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest
By Aubrey Hartman
Available as a book and digital audiobook.
Summary: An undead fox serving as the Usher of souls has his life upended when a mysterious badger soul appears.
Blood in the Water
By Tiffany D. Jackson
Available as a book, ebook, and digital audiobook.
Summary: Brooklyn girl Kaylani McKinnon is thrust into an intricate web of lies when a shocking murder on Martha’s Vineyard threatens to expose dangerous secret.
The First State of Being
By Erin Entrada Kelly
Available as a book, large print book, Wonderbook, Playaway, ebook, and digital audiobook.
Summary: When Ridge, a time-traveling teenager from the future, gets trapped in 1999, he befriends Michael, a lonely twelve-year-old boy, changing the course of their lives forever.
National Archive Hunters #1: Capitol Chase
by Matthew Landis
Available as a book.
Summary: Ten-year-old twins Ike and Iris race to find the thief stealing valuable historical artifacts before their family is framed for the crimes
New Dragon City
by Mari Mancusi
Available as a book, ebook, and digital audiobook.
Summary: No one predicted the dragon apocalypse. The dragons came suddenly and decimated the world as we knew it, including New York City. Now, three years later, Noah, his hardcore survivalist father, and a ragtag group of survivors are barely scraping by in this new reality. Kids scavenge not only for materials in abandoned homes but also for leftover books at the library. Adults spend their time establishing a make-shift society and defending their shelter… with any means available. At least for the few months the dragons are hibernating, until it’s no longer safe aboveground.
Noah has seen the damage these creatures can do firsthand. When it comes to dragons: It’s kill or be killed. But a chance encounter between Noah and a young dragon causes him to question everything he thought he knew. With rumors spreading that there’s a group of survivors living in harmony with dragons instead of hiding underground, Noah teams up with his fire-breathing ally to find out if peace between humans and dragons is really possible. But the division runs deeper than scales versus skin because trying to follow his heart might just cost Noah his family too. If Noah and his father can’t see eye to eye, can he really get humans and dragons to?
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All
By Chanel Miller
Available as a book and ebook.
Summary: A self-proclaimed sock detective inside her parents’ New York City laundromat, 10-year-old Magnolia Wu and Iris, a new friend from California, set off across the city to solve the mystery of each missing sock, meeting people and uncovering the unimaginable along the way.
Kareem Between
by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Available as a book and digital ebook.
Summary: From failed football tryouts to helping the new Syrian refugee student, seventh-grader Kareem attempts to navigate the social complexities of seventh grade, which are further complicated when his mother is unable to return home from Syria due to an executive order.
Rules
- Each team has a Team Manager. The Manager can be a family member, teacher, or high school student.
- Each team member can only borrow 3 books at a time.
- The overdue fines for Battle books are $0.25 per day.
- Teams arrive at Battle at least 15 minutes before it starts.
- The Battle Moderator will ask each question twice.
- There are 3 rounds with 1 question from each book.
- Teams have 30 seconds to write down their answers.
- Up to 5 points are awarded for each answer.
