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- 2540 Green Valley Road, Rescue, CA 95672
- (530) 672-4400
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Battle of the Books
Battle of the Books 2026-2027Top of Page
This year our school will be participating in the El Dorado County Battle of the Books. This is a competition between many of the schools in our county, including Marina Village! Over the school year we will be reading and studying the books on the following list. We will answer questions and have trial competitions. It is free to join the team and all are welcome; no matter your reading level.
BoB Book BlurbsTop of Page
Not Quite A Ghost by Anne Ursu
The Last Dragon On Mars by Scott Reintgen
What Happened To Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski
The Unforgettable Logan Foster by Shawn Peters
The Maze of Bones: A Graphic Novel by Ethan Young
The False Prince by Jennifer A Nielsen
War Games by Alan Gratz
Warrior Dog by Will Chesney and Joe Layden
The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner
By Forever, I Guess by Jodi Meadows
Past BoB TitlesTop of Page
2016 - 2017
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Hold Fast by Blue Balliett
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
Three Cups of Tea by Sarah L. Thomson
Upside Down In the Middle of Nowhere by Julie T. Lamana
War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Wildwood by Colin Meloy
2017 - 2018
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor
Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
Tesla's Attic by Neal Shusterman
When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin
2018 - 2019
All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Rascal by Sterling North
Some Writer!: the story of E. B. White by Melissa White
Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Rascal by Sterling North
Some Writer!: the story of E. B. White by Melissa White
Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
2019 - 2020
Song For A Whale by Lynne Kelly
Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
Bob by Wendy Mass
Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
The Perfect Horse by Elizabeth Letts
You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
Refugee by Alan Gratz
The Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla
2025-2026
Whispering Pines by Heidi Lang, Kati Bartkowski
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee, Dan Santat
Wrecker by Carl Hiaasen
Mexikid by Pedro Martin
The Bletchley Riddle by Ruth Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin
Medusa by Katherine Marsh
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Gholdenko
The Curse of The Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb by Candance Fleming
Good Different by Meg Kuyatt