CHS students trailblaze a path for future high school IBOB teams

It's like sports but with BOOKS! Century hosted the district-level IBOB Tournament (Idaho Battle of the Books) on April 30, 2024. Elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools are invited to create small teams of students. The Idaho Battle of the Books organization publishes a list of 12-16 books (depending on grade level) in a variety of genres, and then each team member reads books from the list. The students are allowed to split up the list among team members. Kaya, a member of Century's winning team said, It was really good to get out of my comfort zone and read books I normally wouldn't have picked up. I found myself really enjoying things I don't usually read.Once at the tournament, team members are asked questions from each of the books, requiring students to think back on the plot, characters, themes, and other literary elements of each story. Kaya noted that some questions were easy with an obvious answer, while others were surprisingly detail-oriented. The hardest part, Kaya admits, was balancing her busy schedule between two theatre productions, finals, other clubs in competition, and getting to know each book. Students involved at this district-level tournament felt proud they are trailblazing a path for future IBOB teams. I just want to thank Ms. Browning for being so awesome and for putting all of this together for us. The library aides were also awesome at helping to set everything up.Thatcher, another student who participated in the tournament, recently discovered that the 2024-25 IBOB books have been announced. He spread the word to his other teammates and excitedly went to the CHS library so he could get started on reading for next year’s competition. When Mason, his teammate, came to the library to check out some of the 2024-25 books, he commented with a grin, My life is rotating around IBOB!