Around 170 fourth and fifth graders formed teams and worked together to read 12 titles and compete in a tournament style battle of the books competition called March Madness Reading Quest. This year we had some fun titles such as Dogman by Dav Pilkey and Diary of a Wimpy Kid Double Down by Jeff Kinney. A few books from the Sasquatch and Young Reader's Choice Award nominee lists such as Space Case by Stuart Gibbs, The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Claire, and Dash, by Kirby Larson added variety to the list which also featured some older, but great titles such as The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate and Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. Finally, since we had Brandon Mull scheduled to visit Clark, we included the first Fablehaven novel and The Candy Shop War in the challenge. Students had a great time competing and enjoyed the books they read. Each students received a participation prize. Class winners and grade level winners won additional prizes. This year, our overall winners were a fifth grade team called the Disco Sharks (left) and our fourth grade winning team was the Rapid Readers II (right), who were also last year's champs! Congratulations to all students for a job well done!