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Begun at the Wheaton Public Library in 1987, the library's Battle of the Books program challenges local 4th and 5th grade students to read and become familiar with a wide variety of books. A new season begins each January. 2012 Book List 2012 Rules 2012 Schedule Battle of the Books as of 2/2/12 at 4:37pm School 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bower 44 79 103 - - - - - Hawthorne 58 128 179 253 - - - - Lincoln 50 84 134 183 - - - - Longfellow 67 134 210 - - - - - Lowell 60 121 - - - - - - Madison 44 92 157 - - - - - Pleasant Hill 58 102 164 - - - - - Sandburg 70 137 185 238 - - - - St. Michael 70 135 200 - - - - - Washington 61 116 - - - - - - Wheaton Area Homeschoolers 55 113 165 - - - - - Wheaton Christian 76 155 231 310 - - - - Wheaton Montessori 72 139 205 - - - - - Whittier 64 128 201 - - - - - Wiesbrook 76 149 215 288 - - - - Daily Scores Monday, Jan. 30 Hawthorne 51 Homeschool 52 Longfellow 67 Whittier 73 Tuesday, Jan. 31 Sandburg 48 Lincoln 49 Washington 55 Bower 24 Wednesday, Feb. 1 Longfellow 76 Lowell 61 St. Michael 65 Wiesbrook 73 Thursday, Feb. 2 Hawthorne 74 Pleasant Hill 62 Sandburg 53 WCGS 79* *Perfect Score