Battle of the Books will be held Saturday, Oct. 25!
Our teams have been chosen for the 2025 season! Email gwen@crotonfreelibrary.org to be notified when we form teams next year.
What is Battle of the Books (BoB)?
It’s a countywide competition of young adults from more than a dozen participating Westchester public libraries. Teams answer trivia questions based on five books selected by librarians from all over the county.
In Croton, we have weekly practices before the final battle, which will take place on Saturday, Oct. 25 at Anne M. Dorner Middle School in Ossining.
About Battle of the Books
- Thursdays, 7-8pm, beginning Aug. 14
Anyone in Croton or Cortlandt who’s entering grades 4-12 (or their homeschool equivalents) in fall 2025.
Teams will practice once a week until the final battle on Saturday, Oct. 25.
Students receive their books at the beginning of the summer, and are encouraged to get a head start on reading whenever they'd like!
Each year, the Westchester Library System’s BoB committee nominates and votes on our books. They’re diverse, interesting, and fun!
Books for grades 4-7:
- Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
- Freestyle by Gale Galligan
- A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser
- Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans by Isi Hendrix
- Any Day with You by Mae Respicio
Books for grades 6-12:
- Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
- Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
- Snowglobe by Soyoung Park, translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort
- Brownstone by Samuel Teer & Mar Julia
- In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
Each division must have at least three members each to participate.
Please note: Each team is capped at 10 participants, and if there is a lot of interest, we may need to draw for spots.
Coach: Nikki Rank
Team adviser: Gwen Glazer
Students get to know five books inside and out, and meet other book enthusiasts! Our program is structured like a book club for the first several meetings, and then we start practicing to compete against teams from other libraries as the season goes on.