PHOTOS: Battle of the Books 2013

The point of Howard County Library's Battle of the Books annual reading competition is to make reading fun.

Based on photos from the event, the more than 900 fifth grade students that competed had a great time.

See hundreds of photos from the event on the Howard County Library's Flickr page.

The event featured more than 150 teams of students who read from 16 different books pre-determined by the library. At the event, which took place on Friday, April 19, students were asked questions about the books, such as plot details, quotes or picture descriptions.

Members of the first, second, and third place teams all received gift cards to a local book store. Prizes were also given out for best team name, best team costume, best team spirit and best team civility.

The competitions were held simultaneously at Long Reach High School, Atholton High School, Mt. Hebron High School and River Hill High School.

The following teams were the winners:

At Atholton High School:

• First - International Representatives (Dayton Oaks Elementary School)
• Second - Rainy Day Readers (Centennial Lane Elementary School)
• Third - The book was better. (Centennial Lane Elementary School)

At Long Reach High School:

• First - Novel Ninjas (Pointers Run Elementary)
• Second - Word Warriors (Bollman Bridge Elementary)
• Third - Northfield Wild Readers (Northfield Elementary)

At Mt. Hebron High

• First - Literature Police (Thunder Hill Elementary)
• Second - Best of Buddies (Waverly Elementary)
• Third - Reading Monsters (St. Johns Lane Elementary)

At River Hill High

• First - Go Wild for Reading (Clarksville Elementary)
• Second - Pink Owls (Manor Woods Elementary)
• Third - Fire Reading Dragons (Waterloo Elementary)