For a place on the Team, contact Ms. Osman at sosman@lausd.net or fill out the Contact Page.

  • During the 2022-2023 school year, we will meet once a month on a Tuesday for 20 minutes after school.  Here are the dates:

    • October 4
    • November 1
    • December 6
    • January 10
    • February 7
    • March 7
    • April 4
  • As we get closer to the competition, we will meet more often!!!  :)
  • Each Player will read as many books on the list as possible.

  • The competition will be in April or May, 2023.

  • Throughout the year we will read the books, study them, talk about them, practice asking and answering questions about them, present them to each other, and enjoy being around books and other kindred souls who like books too!

  • You can start reading any of the books on the list you haven't already read (or reread any that you have forgotten).  You can find these books at the Los Angeles Public Library online.  Also, check out these other companies that are offering free e-books.  Or check them out at our school library!!!

List of Books for the 2022-2023 Battle of the Books 

Becoming Kareem by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The Freedom Summer Murders by Don Mitchell 

2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

Kindred by Octavia Butler (Graphic novel version is OK also.)

Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds (Novel version is OK also.)

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho 

Pet by Akwaeki Emezi  

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 

Rules by Cynthia Lord   

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper 

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz 

Sadie by Courtney Summers

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina HenrĂ­quez 

The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R.  Tolkein



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