Nashville Sounds Reading Club

Earn a free ticket to see
The Nashville Sounds play ball!
(and more)

How?
Read.

Each book you read equals 1 base reached. Therefore, upon completing your fourth book you will have scored a homerun. Each book you read should contain at least 100 pages. You must also complete a summary form for each book read. I have attached one summary form to this letter. As you need more (for 2nd base, etc.) see Ms. Creasy in the library. For the purpose of simplicity we will stick to a “1 book for 1 base” policy. Therefore, if the first book you read contains 150 pages you are on first base, not halfway between first and second.

This reading program will run from February 4 – March 14.

All forms must be in to Ms. Creasy in the library no later than March 14 to be eligible for prizes.

You must score a homerun to earn your free ticket to the game.

Sorry, but you may not use books of which there have been movies made. So, no Holes, Harry Potter, Wizard of Oz, etc.

The game date will be announced soon. It is possible that it will be a day game and used as a field trip.

Students scoring a home run will have their picture taken for the local paper.

Those students on a Battle of the Books team may use books read for that towards this program.

Please see Ms. Creasy in the library if you have any questions.

Additional Prizes:

Free meals at Applebee’s, Wendy’s, Rainforest Café
Free medium limeade at Sonic
Free book from Barnes and Noble
A chance to win more at the game

Updated Reading List for Battle of the Books

5th / 6th Grade

Bridge to Terabithia – Paterson
Hatchet – Paulsen
Number the Stars – Lowry
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Dahl
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – DiCamillo
The Tale of Despereaux –DiCamillo
A Single Shard – Park
Summer of the Swans – Byars
Island of the Blue Dolphins – O’dell
Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Kinney


7th / 8th Grade

The Teacher’s Funeral – Peck
The Giver – Lowry
Hoot – Hiaasen
Jacob Have I Loved – Paterson
Each Little Bird That Sings – Wiles
Here Lies the Librarian – Peck
The Midwife’s Apprentice – Cushman
Heat – Lupica
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Twain
Airborn – Oppel

Battle of the Books Teams Condensed

For this year only we will combine our grades in creating teams for the Battle of the Books. We will have 5 teams comprised of 5th and 6th graders and 5 teams comprised of 7th and 8th graders. The reading lists will also slightly change to reflect our combined groups.

Remember, the deadline for signing up is January 31.

Battle of the Book Reading Lists

Battle of the Books
Reading List

The following is a list of books (author’s last name included) your child will need to read to compete in the contest. The library has some of these titles available for checkout. However, you may need to obtain some on your own elsewhere.

5th Grade
Sign of the Beaver – Spears
How to Eat Fried Worms – Rockwell
Bridge to Terabithia – Paterson
Hatchet – Paulsen
Number the Stars – Lowry
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Dahl
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – DiCamillo


6th Grade
The Tale of Despereaux –DiCamillo
A Single Shard – Park
Summer of the Swans – Byars
The School Story – Clements
Holes – Sachar
Island of the Blue Dolphins – O’dell
Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Kinney


7th Grade
The Teacher’s Funeral – Peck
Where the Red Fern Grows – Rawls
The Giver – Lowry
Hoot – Hiaasen
Jacob Have I Loved – Paterson
Each Little Bird That Sings - Wiles
Uglies – Westerfeld


8th Grade
Here Lies the Librarian – Peck
To Kill a Mockingbird – Lee
The Midwife’s Apprentice – Cushman
Heat – Lupica
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Twain
Airborn - Oppel
Code Orange - Cooney

Battle of the Books Comes to WMS

The library will be sponsoring a Battle of the Books competition this year. Students in each of the grades are invited to sign up to participate. Teams will be chosen from the returned registration forms. We are hoping to have a team (consisting of 5 members and an alternate) represent each reading class. Students will compete against other students from within their own grade on a day set aside at the end of the school year.

The contest consists of teams reading books from a pre-selected book list. Each grade has a specific list of books from which to read. You'll be able to find these in an additional post. During the contest students are asked questions regarding the books and must answer with the correct title. The team with the most correct answers by the end of the round wins.

Each student participating will receive a certificate. Each members of a winning team will receive an additional award.

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