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Young readers match wits at Shiloh Point
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The Reading Warriors, from left, Duke Baek, Austin Nguyen, Prem Amin and Nate Fallon celebrate after winning a round in the Battle of the Books at Shiloh Point Elementary. - photo by Jennifer Sami
Students at Shiloh Point Elementary slugged it out Wednesday and Thursday during the school’s second annual Battle of the Books Competition. The national program promotes reading, as well as teamwork and partnership throughout the course of the year, and culminates at the battle. Shiloh Point third- through fifth-graders were arranged into teams and pitted against each other, answering plot and character questions from certain books.Correct answers were followed with bonus points for identifying the author.