Battle of the Books

Divisional Competition
When: Saturday, August 14, 2010 (morning and afternoon sessions)
Where: Javits Lecture Center
Stony Brook University

Final Competition and Awards Ceremony
When: Saturday August 14, 2010 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Ballroom, Student Activities Center
Stony Brook University

Sponsored by: Suffolk Cooperative Library System & YASD Division of the Suffolk County Library Association

Contact: Barbara Moon, bmoon@suffolk.lib.ny.us

The Battle Plan

June 1	Public announcement of titles
	Online registration available
July 3	Final date to withdraw without penalty
August 6	Player lists due
	Team registration form due
August 14	Battle of the Books competition

The BOB Awards

All Players

Medals for all players distributed at Regional Competition

Top Scoring Teams

Ribbons distributed at Awards Night

1st place, Blue
2nd place, Red
3rd place, White
4th place, Yellow

Non-Score Based Awards

Ribbons distributed at Awards Night
Selected by Judges
- Sportsmanship & Team Spirit
Selected by Teams
- Creative Uniforms & Team Choice

County Championship

Engraved Battle plaque for the library to display for one year.

Hauppauge: a team like no other won the championship!

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.