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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!
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!
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.
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!
*READ, remember what you read, and ENJOY!
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.
I would love to see YOU on our fantastic BBMS Reading Competition Team!
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