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.
2024-2025 battle of the books
The following lists are the books for the 2024-2025 school year Battle of the Books. The list is still tentative until September 2024.
To view this list with book covers, please click this link.
Curious about the differences between Hoopla and Alaska Digital Library? For more information on downloadable books, please go here.
Kindergarten
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Title |
ebook availability? |
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How To Give Your Cat A Bath In Five Easy Steps by Nicole Winstanley |
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The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats |
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Where Are My Books? by Debbie Ohi |
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You're Finally Here! by Melanie Watt |
First Grade
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Title |
ebook availability? |
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Bad Seed Goes To The Library by Jory John |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
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Blueberries For Sal by Robert McCloskey |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook Hoopla; audiobook |
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Little Narwhal Lost by Brooke Hartman |
Hoopla; ebook |
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Owl And The Lemming by Roselynn Akulukjuk |
Hoopla; audiobook |
Second Grade
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Title |
ebook availability? |
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Big Race Lace Case by Paul Jacobs |
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Greatest In The World! by Ben Clanton |
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Inky The Octopus by Erin Guendelsberger |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook Hoopla; ebook |
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Lucy's Dance by Deb Vanasse |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
Third and Fourth Grade
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Title |
ebook availability? |
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13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
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The Amelia Six: An Amelia Earhart Mystery by Kristin Gray |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook Hoopla; audiobook |
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High And Dry by Eric Walters |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
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I Survived The Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964 by Lauren Tarshis |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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J.D. And The Great Barber Battle by J. Dillard |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: the Woman Who Loved Reptiles by Patricia Valdez |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
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Marya Khan And The Incredible Henna Party by Saadia Faruqi |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
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One Dead Spy: The Life, Times, And Last Words Of Nathan Hale, America's Most Famous Spy by Nathan Hale |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook Hoopla; ebook |
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Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech |
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Stella Diaz Has Something To Say by Angela Dominguez |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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Where The Mountain Meets The Moon by Grace Lin |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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Willa The Wisp by Jonathan Auxier |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
Fifth and Sixth Grade
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Title |
ebook availability? |
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Amari And The Night Brothers by B. B. Alston |
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Beauty And The Beak: How Science, Technology And A 3D-Printed Beak Rescued A Bald Eagle by Deborah Rose |
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Because Of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook, audiobook |
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Best Nerds Forever by James Patterson |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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City Of Ember by Jeanne Duprau |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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City Spies by James Ponti |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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Love That Dog by Sharon Creech |
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Raising Lumie by Joan Bauer |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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Smile by Raina Telgemeier |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook Hoopla; ebook |
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Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook Hoopla; ebook |
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Unteachables by Gordon Korman |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
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Yummy: A History Of Desserts by Victoria Elliott |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
Middle School
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Title |
ebook availability? |
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Alone by Megan Freeman |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales by Sam Kean |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook Hoopla; audiobook |
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Holes by Louis Sachar |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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I Am The Walrus by Neal Shusterman |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
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The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook Hoopla; audiobook |
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Northwind by Gary Paulsen |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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Storm Runner by Jennifer Cervantes |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook Hoopla; ebook |
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Ungifted by Gordon Korman |
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt |
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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
High School
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Title |
ebook availability? |
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Crying Laughing by Lance Rubin |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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Every Falling Star: True Story Of How I Survived And Escaped North Korea by Sungji Lee |
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Fighter In Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich by Annie Boochever |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
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I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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Lake by Natasha Preston |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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Let The Sky Fall by Shannon Messenger |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
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Monument 14 by Emmy Layborne |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook |
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Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway |
Alaska Digital Library; audiobook |
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Star Splitter by Matthew Kirby |
Alaska Digital Library; ebook, audiobook |
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Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers |