Battle of the Books

The fifteenth annual Battle of the Books Competition will be held on July 27th. Branch teams have formed from teens around the district. They have met, studied, and prepared to face off in the ultimate Alachua County trivia competition.

The competition will be held at 2:30 p.m. in Meeting Room A at the Headquarters library.

The event will be preceded by a very special virtual author visit by Jennifer Longo, who wrote one of our three winning titles.  Jennifer Longo will join us virtually in Meeting Room A at 1:00 p.m. to share a prepared presentation and then be available for questions.

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Please join us for our very special author visit, join us for the competition, and please explore and check out our winning titles below.

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What I Carry by Jennifer Longo. Growing up in foster care, Muir has lived in many houses. And if she's learned one thing, it is to Pack. Light. Carry only what fits in a suitcase. Toothbrush? Yes. Socks? Yes. Emotional attachment to friends? foster families? a boyfriend? Nope! There's no room for any additional baggage. Muir has just one year left before she ages out of the system. One year before she's free. One year to avoid anything--or anyone--that could get in her way. Then she meets Francine. And Kira. And Sean. And everything changes.

Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy. Huda and her family just moved to Dearborn, Michigan, a small town with a big Muslim population. In her old town, Huda knew exactly who she was: She was the hijabi girl. But in Dearborn, everyone is the hijabi girl. Huda is lost in a sea of hijabis, and she can't rely on her hijab to define her anymore. 

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas. Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.

For any questions, please contact us at ysref@aclib.us.

Thank you again!