The Fifth Annual Battle of the Books took place at Washington Middle School on Thursday, April 20.
Battle of the Books is a reading incentive program for grades 4-6 in which teams are encouraged to read all 12 Missouri Mark Twain award nominees and then participate in the battle to see which team knows the most about the books.
All of the questions in the competition began with the words “In which book” and the correct answer always was the title.
There were five rounds consisting of 10 questions in each round.
Students in grades 4-6 from all seven elementary buildings in the School District of Washington participated.
A total of 24 teams and 98 students participated.
The first-place team was Cabin 6 from Augusta Elementary (Cooper Kipp, Ava Auzat, Landon Howell and Keeghan Bare).
The second-place team was Herd of Nerds from Labadie Elementary (Lily Otto, Zachary Bondor, Cody Raney and Caleb Pich).
The third-place team was Donut Stop Reading from Washington West Elementary (Molly Buchanan, Octavia Kluesner and Lillian McCleave).
The best decorated table was Pretty Princesses from Labadie Elementary (Brooke Winning, Payton Moritz, Elayna Raney, Adison LaVigne and Olivia Ratcliff).
Neighborhood Reads in Washington donated $500 in prizes, gift certificates for the winners and coupons for everyone.
Photos from Battle of the Books are below.
