The Battle of the Books is coming! On Tuesday, February 24 at 7 PM, grades 9-12 will battle for book knowledge supremacy at Quaker Valley Middle School.
Registration
- Team registration must be completed by January 31 by 8:00 PM.
- Teams have 1-5 members.
- If you can’t find a team or need members for your team, contact Heather, Caid, or Casey.
- Register online or submit a paper form at the library.
- Team managers will receive an information packet upon registration.
Books
Gather
By Kenneth M. Cadow
Available as a book and ebook.
Summary: A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recovers from addiction in this striking debut novel.
Breakup from Hell
By Ann Dávila Cardinal
Available as a book and ebook.
Summary: When she realizes there is something off about her new boyfriend, Mica Angeles finds herself living in a horror novel and must find a way to leave him without bringing an end to everything she knows and loves.
Aisle Nine
By Ian X. Cho
Available as a book, ebook, and digital audiobook.
Summary: When a hell portal opens up in aisle nine, discount-mart checkout clerk Jasper teams up with his crush, who shares his frightening vison of the impending apocalypse, to save the world before this Black Friday becomes the darkest yet.
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Everything We Never Had
By Jodi Meadows
Available as a book, ebook, and digital audiobook.
Summary: Set in the 1930s to today, four generations of Filipino American boys grapple with identity, masculinity, and father-son relationships.
Sunderworld #1: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry
By Ransom Riggs
Available as a book and digital audiobook.
Summary: This fantasy series follows a teenager in Los Angeles who becomes obsessed with a 1990s TV show and convinces himself it’s real to cope with his mother’s death. Full of world-building and authentic characters, these action-packed books follow Leopold and his friends as they discover the actual magic around them as danger ensues.
Light Enough to Float
By Lauren Seal
Available as a book.
Summary: When fourteen-year-old Evie is diagnosed with anorexia, she begins the slow process of recovery with the help of caregivers and peers who are battling their own disordered-eating habits.
Brownstone
By Samuel Teer & Mar Julia
Available as a book.
Summary: In the summer of 1995, almost-fifteen-year-old Almudena is sent to live with her estranged Spanish-speaking father, and together they renovate a brownstone and build a relationship while Almudena navigates the Latin American side of her heritage for the first time.
Dear Wendy
By Ann Zhao
Available as a book and ebook.
Summary: A student at Wellesley College, aromantic and asexual Sophie Chi, aka “Dear Wendy,” finds herself in an online feud with her relationship advice rival, “Sincerely Wanda,” while unwittingly becoming friends in real life, but will their friendship survive when the truth comes out?
Rules
- Each team has a Team Manager. The Manager can be a family member, teacher, or high school student that is at least 18 years old.
- Each team member can only borrow 3 books at a time. Battle books can only be borrowed on a library card belonging to a team member.
- The overdue fines for Battle books are $0.25 per day.
- Teams arrive at Battle at least 15 minutes before it starts to check in, set up their area, and complete any necessary forms.
- Team Managers will be assigned to monitor a team that is not their own. Monitors collect and check team answers and record their score.
- The Battle Moderators will ask each question twice and show it on a screen.
- Teams have 20 seconds to write down their answers.
- Up to 5 points are awarded for each answer: 4 for answering the question correctly + 1 for spelling the author’s last name correctly. There is no partial credit for answers.
- The Moderators and Judges will decide if an answer is correct. Their decision is final.
- There are 3 rounds with 1 question from each book. Score will be tallied at the end of the third round.
- A lightning round will break any ties between teams.
- The top 3 teams will receive prizes.
