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.
Curious about the differences between Hoopla and Alaska Digital Library? For more information on downloadable books, please go here.
| 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 | ||
| I Want to Be a Scientist by Laura Driscoll |
| Title | Alaska Digital Library | hoopla |
| Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin | ||
| Boom! Bellow! Bleat! Animal Poems for Two or More Voices by Georgia Heard | ||
| Meet Yasmin! by Saadia Faruqi | ||
| Sketty and Meatball by Sarah Weeks |
| 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 | ||
| Cranky Chicken by Katherine Battersby | ||
| Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald |
| Title | Alaska Digital Library | hoopla |
| Creature of the Pines by Adam Gidwitz | ||
| Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro | ||
| The Secret Zoo by Bryan Chick | ||
| Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Invention by Chris Barton | ||
| Goldie by Ellen Miles | ||
| The Great Pet Heist by Emily Ecton | ||
| Third Grade Angels by Jerry Spinelli | ||
| The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett | ||
| The Wild Robot by Peter Brown | ||
| A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry | ||
| Honey, The Dog Who Saved Abe Lincoln by Shari Swanson | ||
| The Field Guide (Spiderwick Chronicles) by Tony DiTerlizzi |
| Title | Alaska Digital Library | hoopla |
| Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu | ||
| 365 Days to Alaska by Cathy Carr | ||
| Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling | ||
| The Superteacher Project by Gordon Korman | ||
| A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga | ||
| The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm |
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| American Revolution: History Smashers by Kate Messner | ||
| Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson | ||
| Number the Stars by Lois Lowry | ||
| Hoops by Matt Tavares | ||
| The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead | ||
| Zeus: Water Rescue by W. Bruce Cameron |
| Title | Alaska Digital Library | hoopla |
| Final Word (The Winterton Deception) by Janet Sumner Johnson | ||
| Iceberg by Jennifer Nielsen | ||
| Aleutian Sparrow by Karen Hesse | ||
| A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle | ||
| 15 Secrets to Survival by Natalie D. Richards | ||
| The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul B. Janeczko | ||
| Pony By R.J. Palacio | ||
| The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan | ||
| Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs | ||
| The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen |
| Title | Alaska Digital Library | hoopla |
| Rez Ball by Byron Graves | ||
| Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams | ||
| Boys In the Boat: The True Story of An American Team’s Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics (Young Reader’s Edition) by Gregory Mone | ||
| A Good Girls' Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson | ||
| Turtles All the Way Down by John Green | ||
| Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo | ||
| Cinder by Marissa Meyer | ||
| The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee | audiobook | |
| Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival by Velma Wallis | ||
| Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez |