Beginning this week, a majority of the student body will be participating in a school-wide book-related initiative known as Book Bracket 2016 or #BookBracket2016. Book Bracket was created in an effort to combine March is Reading Month with the NCAA’s March Madness.
A total of 200 students from grades 6-12 participated as members of the Selection Committee last week. Thanks to them 281 different book titles were nominated. The following 32 books made the cut and will compete in the bracket. They are in alphabetical order, so feel free to speculate on the rankings/seeds.
- The Angel Experiment
- The Bible
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- Calumet Copper Creatures
- Catching Fire
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Divergent
- The Fault in Our Stars
- The Giver
- Green Eggs and Ham
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- Hatchet
- The Hobbit
- The Hunger Games
- I Funny
- If I Stay
- The Lightning Thief
- The Long Haul
- Looking for Alaska
- Max
- The Maze Runner
- Of Mice and Men
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
- Papertowns
- Poppy
- Shiloh
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Twilight
- Where the Red Fern Grows
Who will be crowned Book Bracket Champion?! Match ups will begin this week! Stay tuned for more updates.
Happy Reading!