The Mount Pilchuck Elementary Bookworms compete in the 2017 Sno-Isle Libraries Mega-Fun, Biblio-Trivia, Rockem-Sockem Third Grade Reading Challenge on March 30 at Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo. The team took first place. (Contributed photo)

The Mount Pilchuck Elementary Bookworms compete in the 2017 Sno-Isle Libraries Mega-Fun, Biblio-Trivia, Rockem-Sockem Third Grade Reading Challenge on March 30 at Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo. The team took first place. (Contributed photo)

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School Winners

Mount Pilchuck Bookworms are tops among Sno-Isle readers

The Mount Pilchuck Elementary School Bookworms were champions of the 2017 Sno-Isle Libraries Mega-Fun, Biblio-Trivia, Rockem-Sockem Third Grade Reading Challenge, held March 30 in Mukilteo.

More than 1,300 students on 194 teams from 50 schools across two counties read the same six book titles, then faced off in quiz bowl format at the school and school district levels. The top seven advanced to the final stage.

The Bookworms, from Lake Stevens, won with an overtime question over the Discovery Elementary School Diamond Dolphins from Mukilteo. The two teams both had perfect scores up to that point.

The six books used in this year’s challenge: “Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things” by Lenore Look; “Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery” by Deborah and James Howe; “To Catch a Mermaid” by Suzanne Selfors; “My Homework Ate My Homework” by Patrick Jennings; “The Trouble With Chickens: a J.J. Tully Mystery” by Doreen Cronin; and “The World According to Humphrey” by Betty Birney.

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The Diamond Dolphins, from Discovery Elementary School, placed second in the 2017 Sno-Isle Libraries Mega-Fun, Biblio-Trivia, Rockem-Sockem Third Grade Reading Challenge. (Contributed photo)

The Diamond Dolphins, from Discovery Elementary School, placed second in the 2017 Sno-Isle Libraries Mega-Fun, Biblio-Trivia, Rockem-Sockem Third Grade Reading Challenge. (Contributed photo)

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