Battle of the Books

About battle of the books

The Battle of the Books is a statewide program sponsored by the Alaska Association of School Librarians intended to broaden reading interests, increase reading comprehension, and promote academic excellence.

Each year a committee of teachers and librarians select book lists and write questions for all grade levels. Students read, discuss the books, and compete in teams to answer questions based on the books. Competitions are held at the local, state and district level usually in January, February, and March.

Visit the Battle of the Books website for more information.

2025-2026 battle of the books

The following lists are the books for the 2025-2026 school year Battle of the Books. This list is considered tentative until September 2025. 

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Title Alaska Digital Library hoopla
Under Alaska's Midnight Sun by Deb Vanasse    
Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle    
Help Wanted, Must Love Books by Janet Sumner Johnson

ebook, audiobook

ebook

I Want to Be a Scientist by Laura Driscoll  

ebook


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Title Alaska Digital Library hoopla
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin  

audiobook

Boom! Bellow! Bleat! Animal Poems for Two or More Voices by Georgia Heard

ebook

 
Meet Yasmin! by Saadia Faruqi  

ebook

Sketty and Meatball by Sarah Weeks

ebook

ebook

 

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Title Alaska Digital Library hoopla
Lost and Found in the City (Ratnip) by Cam Higgins    
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming

ebook

audiobook, movie

Cranky Chicken by Katherine Battersby    
Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald

ebook, audiobook

ebook


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Title Alaska Digital Library hoopla
Final Word (The Winterton Deception) by Janet Sumner Johnson

audiobook

audiobook

Iceberg by Jennifer Nielsen

ebook

 
Aleutian Sparrow by Karen Hesse

ebook, audiobook

 
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

ebook, audiobook

 
15 Secrets to Survival by Natalie D. Richards

ebook, audiobook

 
The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul B. Janeczko

ebook

 
Pony By R.J. Palacio

ebook, audiobook

 
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

ebook

ebook

Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs

ebook, audiobook

 
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen

ebook, audiobook

 


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