HSD Middle Schools To Compete In Annual Book Battle | Arts & Culture

Hazelwood Central, Hazelwood North, Hazelwood Northwest, Hazelwood Southeast and Hazelwood West middle schools will field teams at the Sixth Annual Area-wide Middle School Book Battle, which gives middle school students the opportunity to meet and discuss current books of interest.

A committee creates a list of 20 books that includes a variety of genres and reading levels. Questions are developed for each book and formatted so each answer is the title and author of a book on the list.
 
Popular books read and discussed this year include:

• “The Potato Chip Puzzles” by Eric Berlin
• “The Five Flavors of Dumb” by Antony John
• “The Latte Rebellion” by Jamila Stevenson

Last year’s entries included:

• “Tenth Grade Bleeds” by local author Heather Brewer
• “Maze Runner” by James Dashner
• “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins

Brewer and John, two New York Times best-selling young adult authors, will welcome students and sign autographs.

The event will be held at Pattonville Heights Middle School on Tuesday, May 8.