Save the Date!
The 2012 Battle of the Books will be held on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Javits Lecture Center, 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 two 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 2 scoring teams from each region compete for the County Championship.
Battle of the Books 2011 Results
First Place: Smithtown Library – Commack and Kings Park Branches
Second Place: Babylon Public Library
Third Place: Hampton Bays Public Library
Fourth Place: Patchogue-Medford Library
Non-scoring Awards
Best Costume, morning: Smithtown Library- Commack and Kings Park Branches
Best Costume, afternoon: West Islip Public Library
Sportsmanship, morning: Brentwood Public Library
Sportsmanship, afternoon: North Babylon Public Library
Team Choice, morning: Sayville Library
Team Choice, afternoon (tie): Babylon Public Library
Team Choice, afternoon (tie): West Islip Public Library
Team Spirit, morning: Sayville Library
Team Spirit, afternoon: Riverhead Free 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.
Battle of the Books Logo created by Andrew Bollerman