Highland students place 4th, 5th in 'Book Battle'

Two teams of Highland Middle School students recently competed in a Lake County Battle of the Books, placing fourth and fifth in the competition.

Placing fourth were team members Sarah Green, Hannah Highsmith, Emily Baumstark, Madeline Rogin, Megha Adya, Emmalee Berger and Grant Spaulding. Placing fifth were team members Brian Weis, Olivia Richardson, Tristan Stephenson, Katherine Liu, Deanna Krikorian and Nell McGuan.

In the competition coordinated by school librarians, students tested their knowledge about the 20 books they read.

All the books were nominated for the 2011 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award.

The round robin competition was held March 8 at Deerpath Middle School.

This year, there were seven teams from four area middle schools competing.