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Battle of Books Helpful Information

This year’s Battle will be held on Monday, April 19, at 7 p.m.


What is Battle of the Books

Battle of the Books is a program designed to help encourage reading and to give recognition to those who like to read. Team members will choose to read from a selected list of books as they participate in a battle where they compete with other teams by answering questions based on the books which are going to be different from online as we are doing a Kahoot. If you are in the three top-scoring teams and the three teams with the best costumes you will be given a prize.- FCl Staff.

In 1990 the Teen Department of the Farmington Community Library and sponsored by the Farmington Friends of the Library began The Battle of the Books and has been held ever since as this was the 32nd annual Battle of the Books. The Team members on your team will have an age range, approximately eleven to fourteen years of age (6th-8th grade). As, Students who live or attend school (public, private, or home) in Farmington or Farmington Hills are eligible to participate in the Battle of the Books. Therefore, the books with have a variety of reading and maturity levels will be chosen, representing the different genres and authors. Books are chosen based upon the materials selection policy. If you are comping you will need to create a team of your friends or classmates to read from a selected list of books and then participate in a battle where they compete with other teams by answering questions based on the books. Furthermore, each team must have a team name and an adult team manager. It is recommended that teams consist of three to six members, but teams of one or two are permitted. A student may only be on one team. Members of teams need not be all from the same school.


 

Winners


Last year the 1st place winner for the Questioning Round is The Quaranteens.


While the 1st place winners for costumes are A Wrinkle in Tide


However, this year the 1st place winner for the Questioning Round is The Cliffhangers

Trivia:

1 - Cliffhangers

2 - The Bookmarks

The States

3 - The Meme Team

The Miss. Calculations

The 1st place winners for costumes are The Bookyardigans

Costumes:

1 - The Bookyardigans

2 - Clue

3 - The Miss. Calculations

Librarians' Choice - The Bookmarks

 

Procedures


The Battle will be streamed through Zoom, as Battle questions will be in the form of Kahoot quizzes; one quiz per book. These questions are multiple-choice so your team can pick the correct answer from the four provided. One member of each team will sign in per Kahoot – ideally the person who is most familiar with the book. All of the Kahoot scores will be tallied to determine the trivia winners, and the Kahoot points totals will be used in the case of tiebreakers. The members of the winning teams will receive a prize, and the members of the first-place team will also have their names engraved on a plaque to be placed in the Library as well as in their school media centers.

 

The Book List Of This Year Is...

  • The 12th Candle by Kim Tomsic

  • As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds

  • Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

  • The Dragon Warrior by Katie Zhao

  • The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty

  • The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp

 

The Offical results for the questioning round are...

Rank Team Score

1 Cliffhangers Points 50

2 The Bookmarks Points 49

2 The States Points 49

3 The Meme Team Points 48

3.The Miss. Calculations Points 48

4 The Bookyardigans Points 47

5 The Miscalculations of Quarantine Points 45

6 The Zodiac Hunters Points 44

7 Lightning Girls Points 43

8 AAAA Points 42

8 The Great Catsby Points 42

9 The Book Warriors Points 41

9 The Readers of the Lost Shelf Points 41

9 The Tagalongs Points 41

10 Clue Points 40

11 The Innovators Points 39

12 The Bookmarked Duo Points 38

12.Of Rice and Men Points 38

12 X-ite Points 38

13 Book Burpees Points 36

14 Dumbledore’s Army Points 35

Power Pack Points 35

15 The Nukes Points 34

16 The Quarantweens Points 31

17 Poet-trees Points 29

18 Tropicana Points 26


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