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.
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:
- The Seventh Raven by David Elliott
- Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
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
- (2010) Tower Road Branch
- (2011) Millhopper Branch
- (2012) Headquarters Library
- (2013) Tower Road Branch
- (2014) Tower Road Branch
- (2015) High Springs Branch
- (2016) High Springs Branch
- (2017) Headquarters Library tied with Newberry Branch
- (2018) Headquarters Library tied with Tower Road Branch
- (2019) Headquarters Library
- (2020) Tower Road Branch
- (2021) Millhopper Branch
- (2022) Millhopper Branch
- (2023) Waldo Branch
- (2024) Tower Road Branch