ADULT BATTLE OF THE BOOKS OVERVIEW
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Adults can form teams of 3-5 people. Limit of 12 teams.
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One person from each team should click REGISTER and fill out the registration form from March 1 through April 1.
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Battle Books will be available to check out beginning at 10:00am on March 1st.
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Competition will be a live trivia-style battle on the Library Mezzanine
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There is no registration fee. This is a FREE program.
HELPFUL HINTS FOR PARTICIPANTS
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Have fun reading all 5 books or consider splitting them up amongst your team members.
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Take notes as you read to help you remember details.
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If you have friends who are also competing, talk about the books and quiz each other — it’s a great way to review.
ADULT BATTLE OF THE BOOKS 2025 SCHEDULE
March 1: Online Registration opens and Adult Battle Books are available to check out at 10:00am
April 1: Registration Closes at 11:00pm
April 25: In-person Live Battle on the Library Mezzanine at 7:30pm
(*Please enter through the Auditorium doors, as this is an after-hours event)
ADULT BATTLE 2025 BOOKLIST
Chin, Curtis Everything I Learned,
I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
Jackson, Holly A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Klune, TJ The House in the Cerulean Sea
Lemmie, Asha Fifty Words for Rain
Whitehead, Colson The Nickel Boys
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Here are some examples of the types of questions asked in Adult Battle of the Books. These questions were written about books used in previous years. Not all questions will fall into these precise categories.
1. Name of important character or significant nickname of a minor character
Q: Name the Battle character whose sister never writes Rat Kiley back.
2. "In which book" questions
Q: In which book would you find the following quote? “We believe the one who has the power. He is the one who gets to write the story.”
3. Comparison with another book(s) on the list
Q: In Homegoing, Esi swallows her mother’s stone necklace in a desperate attempt to keep the necklace with her. What character from another book carries a pebble in their mouth?
4. Important setting or location
Q: Although Jazz lives on the moon, she is a citizen of what country?
5. Give one out of two or more possibilities
Q: Zora and Natalia brought two important supplies to the orphans. Name one.
6. Short answer – significant title, event or object
Q: What was Elma’s favorite type of plane to ferry during World War II?
7. Quotation directly from the book
Q: To whom is Arthur speaking when he says, “You’ll be fine. Me and you, we can’t just sit around any longer. Well you can. But I have to go”?
8. Definition of unique terms or important words
Q: What word means the particles of dust and broken rock on the surface of the moon?
ANSWERS TO SAMPLE QUESTIONS
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Curt Lemon (The Things They Carried, pages 65-6)
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Homegoing (Homegoing, page 226)
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Lieutenant Jimmy Cross (The Things They Carried, page 8)
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Saudi Arabia (Artemis, page 15)
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Medicine or candy (The Tiger's Wife, page 16)
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The Mustang (The Calculating Stars, page 139)
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Frederica the fern (The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, page 44)
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Regolith (Artemis, page 2)