Pawling Library Recruiting for Battle of the Books
Kate Lambert – Young Adult Program Coordinator, Pawling Library
Battle of the Books 2017
Pawling Library will be participating in Battle of the Books again this year, with both a middle school and a high school team. Anyone entering 6th thru 9th grade in fall 2017 is eligible for the middle school team, and anyone entering 9th thru 12th grade in fall 2017 is eligible for the High School Team. If you are entering 9th grade, you can choose which team you would like to participate on.
Battle of the Books is a fun competition between library communities. Participants read a selection of books and compete in an epic trivia battle against other teams. This spring, team members will read the books and get together to discuss the books and learn the rules of the battle. Then in the summer we will meet for practice battles against ourselves and against neighboring libraries to prepare for the final battle.
Middle School Battle of the Books
Final Battle date: Saturday, September 16th at Duchess County Community College.
The books:
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Roar by Emma Clayton
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
I am Princess X by Cherie Priest
The Lightning Queen by Laura Resau
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
Heartbreak Messenger by Alexander Vance
High School Battle of the Books
Final battle date: Saturday, August 19th at Poughkeepsie Day School
The books:
The Young Elites by Marie Lu
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
Noggin by John Corey Whaley
Interested?
Interest Meetings for anyone considering joining a team will be held on March 18th.
The meeting for the middle school team will be held from 3:00 – 4:00 PM, and the meeting for the high school team will be held from 4:30 – 5:30 PM.
Anyone with questions is welcome to contact Kate at teen@pawlinglibrary.org
