Battle of the Books

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Battle of the Books

The 15th annual Battle of the Books is now complete.

The fifteenth annual Battle of the Books Competition took place on Saturday, July 27th. Branch teams, formed from teens around the district, met, studied, and prepared all summer, to face off in the ultimate Alachua County trivia competition.

We are thrilled to announce this year's winners:

First place:  Team Tower Road

Second place:  Team Waldo

Third place (tie):  Team Millhopper and Team Headquarters

The event was preceded by a virtual visit with Jennifer Longo, author of one of our three battle novels.  Ms. Longo spoke on the obstacles of writing novels and also more specifically on the foster care system, as that is the basis of the battle novel What I Carry. Our district teens also studied Cemetery Boys and Huda F Are You?

Thank you again to Jen Longo for her lovely visit. Thank you to Trader Joe's for donating food to our event.  And a big thank you to the Friends of the Library for sponsoring this program.

 

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book covers for What I Carry, Huda F Are You?, and Cemetery Boys

Congratulations to Last Year's Winners

WINNERS

Congratulations to our winners of the 2023 Battle of the Books trivia competition!

1st Place: Waldo Branch

2nd Place: Millhopper Branch

3rd Place: Alachua Branch

Alachua County teen participants were given free copies of selected books to read over the summer to prepare to flex their trivia skills at the annual Battle of the Books. The competition took place July 23 at 2 p.m. on Zoom.

Alachua County teens selected the following books for 2023:

 

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book cover art for The Seventh Raven
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book cover art for Girl, Serpent, Thorn

Thank you to our Battle of the Books sponsor, RTI Surgical, for their generous donation that funded this program.

 

Hall of Fame

Previous Winning Teams

  1. (2010) Tower Road Branch
  2. (2011) Millhopper Branch
  3. (2012) Headquarters Library
  4. (2013) Tower Road Branch
  5. (2014) Tower Road Branch
  6. (2015) High Springs Branch
  7. (2016) High Springs Branch
  8. (2017) Headquarters Library tied with Newberry Branch
  9. (2018) Headquarters Library tied with Tower Road Branch
  10. (2019) Headquarters Library
  11. (2020) Tower Road Branch
  12. (2021) Millhopper Branch
  13. (2022) Millhopper Branch
  14. (2023) Waldo Branch
  15. (2024) Tower Road Branch