1/Members of the Magic Narwhals of the Reed high-five and pump fists after getting the correct answer to one of the questions in the Battle of the Books quiz bowl at Lester Park Elementary School on Friday. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
2/Lester Park fifth-grader Soren Hanhan of the Flaming Hawks team presses his hands against his forehead as he and his teammates struggle to remember the name of the book and author during the school's Battle of the Books on Friday. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
3/Fourth- and fifth-graders at Lester Park Elementary School in Duluth participate in the 10th annual Battle of the Books in the school gym Friday afternoon in front of parents, friends and teachers. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
4/Mary Ostazeski, the fourth-grade reading teacher at Lester Park Elementary School in Duluth, gives Molly McNamee a big hug after she and her team won the the Battle of the Books competition Friday. Her teammate at right, Layla Rush, was also thrilled to win. Each of the girls received a medal. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
5/Skeeter Moore of Duluth, a former UMD hockey player and table moderator, listens as the fourth-grade girls on the Readers of Fire and Ice team work together to answer a question during the Battle of the Books on Friday. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
6/Fourth-grader Caroline Eaton (left) of the Royal Readers team has a sudden revelation on what might be the correct answer during the Lester Park Elementary School's 10th annual Battle of the Books on Friday. At right is teammate Madeline Hall. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
7/Members of the Magic Narwhals of the Reed team write down the name of the book "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix as the answer to one of the 20 questions. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
8/Tom Westrom, a co-coordinator of the Battle of the Books event, poses the next question to the teams. There were 20 questions in all, each dealing with a plot, detail or character in books the students read. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
