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Details about the Great Book Race

This year the Great Book Race will be on Tuesday, Dec. 6!

West Middlesex Jr./Sr. High School, hosts of the GBR, have announced that the Great Book Race will be held Tuesday, December 6.

Tentative times: GC students will leave right after school, the contest usually starts at 5:00 p.m. The contest is held at West Middlesex Jr./Sr. High School.  Our bus will return to GCMS about 9 p.m. You will have an opportunity to purchase pizza, salads, subs, and so on there for dinner.

There is no cost to participate.  However, we usually come up with a Team T-Shirt and if you want to have one, you will need to pay for that yourself (usually about $10).

 

 

Would you like to know more?

Great Book Race, Junior Division, is open to any 7th or 8th grader.  Listen for announcements in the fall, and come to a meeting.  Everyone is welcome to attend a meeting or two in order to decide if you want to participate. 

If you have any questions, see Mrs. Scott or Mrs. Walter, Mr.Lettie, or Mrs. Waugaman!

If you know you want to participate.... START READING.  Most of the books are already in the Middle School LMC, the others will be purchased soon. And, many are available at the GC Community Library.

 

2015 RESULTS!

January 13, 2016 - Purple Tortoises from GCMS Capture 2nd Place!

After af very exciting tie-breaker, the GCMS team finished one point behind Greenville!  Team members are:

Abby Aument, Elizabeth Buchan, Lexie Cavolo, Kiana Fleeger, Patience Herold, Mara Hessler, Sydney Hines, Lauren Holmes, Cyndal Murray, Brent Strange, Lena Valenza, and Coral Wise.

 

    Great Book Race 2014

    For many years now, our students have had the opportunity to participate in The Great Book Race (an annual reading competition for students in grades 7 - 12 in Mercer County).  This is completely voluntary, and we are limited by the host school to 2 or 3 teams of 12 students each.  Reading teachers help promote the contest as a fun way to get together with other book lovers in a one night friendly competition.  Mrs. Walter, Mrs. Waugaman, Mr. Lettie and I chaperoned this year - taking our two teams to West Middlesex High School in November.  The students really enjoy the contest (one team placed 4th and one placed 5th) and get involved with the team organization, practice sessions and so on that are held during the fall.  Click on the LibGuide below to see a list of the books!

     

    GCMS Teams 2013

    In December 2013, our GCMS Team: "The Lily Pad" took 3rd place with an overall score of 68.  And, "The Moose Herd" and "The Hawke's Nest" teams each scored 66 - which tied for 4th place.  Keep in mind the winning team scored 76.  So, we were really close!

    In 2012, the GCMS Team won first place in the Junior Division. 

     

    2012 Great Book Race Team!

     

    These are the books on the JH List for 2016!

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    A Night Divided - Jennifer A. Nielsen
    Call Number: FIC NIE
    ISBN: 9780545682428
    Publication Date: 2015.
    When the Berlin Wall went up, Gerta, her mother, and her brother Fritz were trapped on the eastern side where they were living, while her father, and her other brother Dominic were in the West--four years later, now twelve, Gerta sees her father on a viewing platform on the western side and realizes he wants her to risk her life trying to tunnel to freedom.

    Cover Art
    Atlantia - Ally Condie
    Call Number: FIC CON
    ISBN: 0525426442
    Publication Date: 2014
    Rio has always dreamed of leaving the underwater city of Atlantia for a life in the Above; however, when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected decision, Rio is left stranded below. She must find a way to unlock the secrets of the siren voice she has long hidden and save Atlantia from destruction.

    Cover Art
    Dead End in Norvelt - Jack Gantos
    Call Number: FIC GAN
    ISBN: 0374379939
    Publication Date: 2011.
    In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.

    Cover Art
    Dead to Me - Mary McCoy
    Call Number: FIC McC
    ISBN: 1423187121
    Publication Date: 2015.
    In 1948 Hollywood, a treacherous world of tough-talking private eyes, psychopathic movie stars, and troubled starlets, sixteen-year-old Alice tries to find a young runaway who is the sole witness to a beating that put her sister, Annie, in a coma. Written by a former Grove City Middle School student, and GCHS Graduate!

    Cover Art
    Echo - Pam Munoz Ryan
    Call Number: FIC RYA
    ISBN: 0439874025
    Publication Date: 2015.
    Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.

    Cover Art
    Orbiting Jupiter - Gary D. Schmidt
    Call Number: FIC SCH
    ISBN: 054446222X
    Publication Date: 2015.
    Shattering story of Joseph, a father at 13, who has never seen his daughter, Jupiter. After spending time in a juvenile facility, he is placed with a foster family in rural Maine. Here he meets 12-year-old Jack, who narrates the account of this troubled, passionate teen who wants to find his baby at any cost.

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    Popular: a memoir - Maya Van Wagenen
    Call Number: 155.5 Van
    ISBN: 0525426817
    Publication Date: 2014
    Presents a memoir of a one year social experiment in which teen author Maya Van Wagenen followed a 1950's popularity guide, written by former teen model Betty Cornell.

    Cover Art
    Slated - Teri Terry
    Call Number: FIC TER
    ISBN: 0399161724
    Publication Date: 2013.
    In a future England, sixteen-year-old Kyla is one of the "slated, " those whose memories have been erased usually because they have committed serious crimes, but as she observes more and more strange events, she also gains more memories which put her and her boyfriend, Ben in danger.

    Cover Art
    Terrible Typhoid Mary - Susan Campbell Bartoletti
    ISBN: 0544313674
    Publication Date: 2015.
    Typhoid Mary, Mary Mallon became famous as an asymptomatic typhoid carrier. But who was Typhoid Mary, really? And did she deserve all the scorn heaped upon her?

    Cover Art
    The Crossover - Kwame Alexander
    Call Number: FIC ALE
    ISBN: 0544107713
    Publication Date: 2014.
    Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. Newbery Medal Winner

    Cover Art
    The Swap - Megan Shull
    Call Number: FIC SHU
    ISBN: 9780062311702
    Publication Date: 2016.
    When 7th grader Ellie, who is having best friend problems, and 8th grader Jack, who is under tremendous pressure from his father, switch bodies and lives, they learn a great deal about themselves and the opposite sex.

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    Zen and the Art of Faking It - Jordan Sonnenblick
    Call Number: FIC SON
    ISBN: 9780439837095
    Publication Date: 2010.
    When thirteen-year-old San Lee moves to a new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out when his knowledge of Zen Buddhism, gained in his previous school, provides the answer--and the need to quickly become a convincing Zen master.

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