Battle of the Books 2017
Saturday, August 12th and Monday, August 14th
Stony Brook Student Activities Center
Battle of the Books 2016 Results
First Place: Babylon Public Library
Second Place: Longwood Public Library
Third Place: Patchogue-Medford Library
Fourth Place: Hauppauge Public Library
Non-scoring Awards
Creative Uniform
Morning: Smithtown-Kings Park, Afternoon: Hampton Bays Public Library, Evening: South Country Library
Team Choice
Morning: Bayport-Blue Point Public Library, Afternoon (tie): Connetquot Public Library and Elwood Public Library, Evening: Bay Shore-Brightwaters
Team Spirit
Morning: Harborfields Public Library, Afternoon (tie): Connetwuot Public Library and Shelter Island Public Library, Evening: Brentwood Public Library
Sportsmanship
Morning: Smithtown – Commack, Afternoon: Elwood Public Library, Evening: Sayville Public Library
Congratulations to all who participated in this year’s Battle of the Books. Special thanks to all coaches, teens, parents, judges, officials and all volunteers who helped to make this year’s Battle of the Books a success.
The 2016 Battle of the Books was held on Saturday, August 13 and Monday August 5, 2016 at the Javits Lecture Center in Stony Brook University.
The Suffolk County Battle of the Books program is an inter-library competition between teams of teens focused on 8 young adult novels. Teams can be no larger than 6 players (students entering grades 6-9 in the fall) but have been as small as 2 players. Held in August, the competition is divided into three back-to-back 4-hour Regional Competitions and an Awards Night. At the Regional Competition, each team gets to participate in 4 separate rounds. Each round covers 2 of the 8 books and each team is given 20 questions per round. Titles to be covered in each round are announced in advance but not specifically mentioned in the questions. At the Awards Night, the top scoring teams will compete for the County Championship.
Battle of the Books Logo created by Andrew Bollerman