The Robert H. Jackson Center is inviting grade school educators to bring your team to our Battle of the Books event on Saturday, May 17, 2025 1 - 3 p.m.
We are looking for teachers to lead up to eight teams of students in grades 6-8 who are looking for some fun with reading! Students get to demonstrate their abilities and test their knowledge of a group of pre-selected books they have read in preparation for the battle.
Will you gather a team and join us? Ideally, a team would have a total of about ten students. However, teams have been as large as 15 and as small as three.
Sign up your students today and enjoy a great day of spirited fun, music, snacks, and a deep dive into the exciting world of reading!
This event was made possible, in part, by the generosity of our donors, the Rotary Club of Jamestown, and the Northern Chautauqua County Community Foundation.
Registration is on a first come, first serve basis, and will close on or before Monday, February 10, 2025.
The Jackson Center will provide each team one set of the books on the adjacent list for this free event:
The Labyrinth of Lost and Found (The Whisperwicks #1) - Jordan Lees
A First Time for Everything - Dana Santat
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam - Thien Pham
The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart
The Harlem Charade - Natasha Tarpley
A Wish in the Dark - Christina Soontornva
Stella By Starlight - Sharon M. Draper
A Wish in the Dark - Christina Soontornva
The Last Cuentista - Donna Barba Higuera
Restart - Gordon Korman
We Dream of Space - Erin Entrada Kelly
Ghost – Jason Reynolds
We encourage those considering future participation to join our Battle of the Books Audience audience on Saturday, May 17, 2025, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
The Robert H. Jackson Center is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization that is dedicated to presenting accurate and balanced information about complex issues. The opinions expressed by various guest speakers, panelists, and authors do not necessarily reflect the views of the Center, its Board, and supporters.
The Center fulfills its educational mission by welcoming diverse views and by providing a forum to explore a wide range of perspectives on often controversial legal and public policy issues. While we make an effort to ensure the information we provide is accurate and balanced, we welcome your comments, suggestions, or correction of any factual errors.
Since 2001, the Robert H. Jackson Center has preserved the values embodied in the life and works of Robert H. Jackson, who served as U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and Chief U.S. Prosecutor of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Through programs, presentations, exhibits, media, internships, and scholarship, the Center seeks to demonstrate to current and future generations the relevance and applicability of Justice Jackson’s ideas and writings. The Center provides educational content on the United States Constitution and Supreme Court, civil rights, the legacy of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and international human rights, and the rule of law. During his illustrious career, Justice Jackson addressed these subjects, and the Center recognizes his thinking remains relevant today.
