Library Battle of the Books: Sign up

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Age Group:

Teen & Tween
Registration for this event will be open from June 1, 2025 @ 11:59pm to June 2, 2025 @ 12:00am.
Contact a staff member to register for this event.
Allowed Grades: 5th Grade to 8th Grade

Program Description

Event Details

Registration begins June 2 - June 30

Competition: Wednesday, July 30, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., at La Grange Park Public Library

Grades 5-8

Join us for the sixth annual Library Battle of the Books between the La Grange, La Grange Park, Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield and Thomas Ford Memorial libraries. Register at your preferred library and we will place you in a team of 5. If you want to make sure you’re placed in a team with friends, include a team name in parentheses after your name. Register, read the books listed below before July 30, then compete against your peers!

Books:  
The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
Rez Ball by Byron Graves
A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II by Candace Fleming