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    Submitted by Mrs. Christine Fabyanic,

    Middle School Reading Competition Team Coach

     

    Fall 2025 Middle School Reading Competition Team - Wednesday, November ??, 2025 at Bellwood-Antis Jr./Sr. High School 

    Welcome to the Middle School Reading Competition Team! If you are in 7th, 8th, or 9th grade AND you like to read, you are eligible to join! Grab a friend that also likes to read, and talk to Mrs. Fabyanic!

     

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    Team Member Requirements & Information:

    1. Each team member reads books from the Reading Competition Reading List, re-read/review those books closer to the competition date, complete the AR Quiz on paper and review the printed quizzes/summaries! (Most of these books are available on-line as read alouds/YouTube recordings!)

    2. We will have voluntary breakfast get-togethers to touch base about the books and who is reading what. The list will be in the Fall or Spring RC packet.

    3. We will hold a voluntary after-school on a Wednesday before the competition, in November, 2025 prior to the competition from @ 3:30 - 4:00 in the Elementary Library for those able to attend. This is to practice for the competition, review what may still need to be read, and select a team captain(s).   

    You, our Berlin MS Reading Competition Team members will represent BBSD well and enjoy meeting students from other area school districts participating in this event! Despite the competition with questions being asked about the 30 books on the reading list, the students rise to the challenge and have a great time!

     

    Are you ready to have a good time reading? YES?! Then join our ranks for the Fall Reading Competition!

    Dog-gone good time!     

     

    Here is what you need to do:   

         1. Sign up in the Elementary/MS Library.

         2. Take the book listing to keep track of what books you are reading & a Spring RC packet with the PERMISSION SLIP.  

                                            Sign up

          3. Choose a book to read, sign your name by it on the MS charts the Library, and check it out of the Library.  

    *We need to have at least 1 person reading each book on the list (better if there are 2 or 3 people per book)!

    *Pick a book that hasn't been read by a team member yet!          Fill out permission slip                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

          *READ, remember what you read, and ENJOY!       Reading   Take the printed AR Quiz on paper to help you remember.

             (I am not requiring you to take notes or write questions, but if those kinds of things help you to remember, don't hesitate!)

          *You can touch base with Mrs. Fabyanic or Mrs. Diehl (@ 8:05 - 8:20 a.m.) any morning.

               

        

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    I would love to see YOU on our fantastic BBMS Reading Competition Team!

    Teacher

    Mrs. Fabyanic

     

    Cycle 1 Interscholastic Reading Book List - Fall (Year 2025 - 26)

    Book Title

    Author

    Fall - JUNIOR HIGH

     
    The Academy (The Academy Series #1)

    T.Z. Layton

    Al Capone Does My Shirts

    Gennifer Choldenko

    As Brave As You

    Jason Reynolds

    Because of Anya

    Margaret Peterson Haddix
    Bird Like Moon

    Kevin Henkes

    Boy: Tales of Childhood

    Roald Dahl

    The Boy Who Saved Baseball

    John H. Ritter
    A Boy No More

    Harry Mazer

     

    The Breadwinner

    Deborah Ellis
    Chasing Secrets

    Gennifer Choldenko

    The City of Ember

    Jeanne DuPrau

    The Contender

    Robert Lipsyte

    Dead Man in Indian Creek

    Mary Downing Hahn

    A Dog Called Homeless

    Sarah Lean

    Dollhouse Murders

    Betty Wright

    The Dragons Prophecy: Wings of Fire (#1)

    Shannon McManus

    Dust

    Dusti Bowling

    Echo Mountain

    Lauren Wolk
    Eggs

    Jerry Spinelli

    The Emerald Atlas

    John Stephens
    The Face on the Milk Carton

    Caroline Cooney

    Falling Short

    Ernesto Cisneros

    Found

    Margaret Peterson Haddix

    Frindle

    Andrew Clements

    The Forgotten Girl

    India Hill Brown

    The Genie Scheme

    Kimberly K. Jones

    The Ghost of Fossil Glen

    Cynthia DeFelice

    The Girl Who Drank the Moon

    Kelly Regan Barnhill

    Granny Torrelli Makes Soup

    Sharon Creech

    Guts (A Graphic Novel)

    Raina Telgemeier

     

    Cycle 1 Interscholastic Reading Book List - Spring (Year 2025 - 26)

    Book Title

    Author

    Spring - JUNIOR HIGH

     
    I Funny

    James Patterson

    Joey Pigza Loses Control

    Jack Gantos
    Liar & Spy

    Rebecca Stead

    Locomotion

    Jacqueline Woodson
    May B Caroline Starr Rose

    Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of WWII

    Adam Gidwitz

    Ms. Bixby's Last Day

    John David Anderson
    My Teacher is an Alien

    Bruce Coville

    Orphan Train Girl Christina Baker Kline
    Out of My Mind

    Sharon Draper

    Pony

    R.J. Palacia

    Rivals: A Game Changer Companion Novel

    Tommy Greenwald

    Road Trip

    Gary Paulsen & Jim Paulsen

    Room One: A Mystery or Two Andrew Clements
    Refugee

    Alan Gratz

    Save Me a Seat

    Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan

    Schooled Gordon Korman

    Six Innings: A Game in the Life 

    James Preller
    Skellig

    David Almond

    Stargirl 

    Jerry pinelli
    Stepping on the Cracks

    Mary Downing Hahn

    The Stonekeeper: A Graphic Novel (AMulet #1)

    Kazu Kibuishi

    Three Times Lucky

    Sheila Turnage

    1965 Selma Voting Rights March

    (Retold by) Susan Buckley

    Treasure Lake

    Jason Pamment

    Up From the Sea

    Leza Lowitz

    Ugly

    Robert Hope

    The Wild Robot

    Peter Brown

    Wolf Hollow

    Lauren Wolk

    Wonderstruck

    Brian Selznick