Battle of the Books: Library Competition Sign up

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Clubs & Groups

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Teen & Tween
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The Battle of the Books continues this summer! Join the La Grange, La Grange Park, Brookfield, and Thomas Ford Memorial libraries for a library edition of Battle of the Books! Register and we will create your group of 5 peers. Read the 6 books on your grade level list, then in August compete virtually against your peers from the local surrounding library teams to be crowned champion! 

Grades 5 - 8

      • Sign up by June 22nd.
      • Battle will occur August 3rd, at 11am, via Zoom.
      • Please sign up with a valid e-mail address, so that we can e-mail the Zoom link to you.
      • Book list: 
        • The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
        • New Kid
        • Nowhere Boy
        • The Parker Inheritance
        • Spirit Hunters
        • Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

Grades 9 - 12

      • Sign up by June 22nd.
      • Battle will occur August 3rd, at 2pm, via Zoom.
      • Please sign up with a valid e-mail address, so that we can e-mail the Zoom link to you.
      • Book list: 
        • Illuminae
        • Patron Saint of Nothing
        • Renegades
        • They Called Us Enemy
        • Truly Devious
        • The Unwanted Stories of Syrian Refugees

Already have a team of 5 in mind? Register with your name and add your team name in () after your last name. Example: Michael Scott (Team Paperbacks)