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.
2026-2027 battle of the books
The following lists are the books for the 2026-2027 school year Battle of the Books. This list is considered tentative until September 2026.
Curious about the differences between Hoopla and Alaska Digital Library? For more information on downloadable books, please go here.
| Title | Alaska Digital Library | hoopla |
| Baloney And Friends by Greg Pizzoli | ||
| Big Shark, Little Shark by Anna Membrino | ||
| Can I Be Your Dog? by Troy Cummings | ||
| Fly Guy Presents: Sharks by Todd Arnold | eBook | |
| Frog And Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel | audiobook, audiobook, audiobook | eBook, audiobook |
| I Will Race You Through This Book! by Jonathan Fenske | ||
| Over And Under The Snow by Kate Messner | eBook, audiobook | eBook, audiobook |
| Polar Bears (National Geographic Kids by Laura Marsh | eBook | |
| Snow by Uri Shulevitz | audiobook | |
| The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper | ||
| The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka | audiobook, movie | |
| What About Worms? by Ryan T. Higgins |
| Title | Alaska Digital Library | hoopla |
| The Buried Bones Mystery by Sharon M. Draper | ||
| Charlotte's Web by E. B. White | audiobook, audiobook | |
| Curse of the Arctic Star by Carolyn Keene | audiobook | audiobook |
| Dogsledding and Extreme Sports by Mary Pope Osborne | ||
| Dragon's Apprentice by James Riley | ||
| The Ember Stone by Katrina Charman | eBook, audiobook | |
| InvestiGators by John Patrick Green | audiobook | |
| Library of Curiosities by Jenny Lundquist | ||
| Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Alwater | eBook, audiobook | eBook |
| Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar | eBook | eBook |
| The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith | ||
| A Wolf Called Fire by Rosanne Parry | audiobook |
| Title | Alaska Digital Library | hoopla |
| The Academy by T.Z. Layton | eBook | |
| City Spies by James Ponti | eBook, audiobook | eBook |
| The Dark Times Of Nimble Nottingham by Ryan James Black | ||
| Diamond Willow by Helen Frost | eBook, audiobook | audiobook |
| I Am Rebel by Ross Montgomery | audiobook | |
| I Survived The Battle Of Gettysburg, 1863 by Lauren Tarshis | eBook, audiobook | |
| The Last Kids On Earth: The Graphic Novel by Max Brailler | eBook | |
| Leonard: My Life As A Cat by Carlie Sorosiak | audiobook | |
| Out Of My Mind by Sharon Draper | eBook, audiobook | |
| The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud | eBook, audiobook | |
| Spy School by Stuart Gibbs | eBook, audiobook | |
| Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls |
| Title | Alaska Digital Library | hoopla |
| The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinken | eBook, audiobook | audiobook |
| The First State Of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly | eBook, audiobook | |
| Framed! by James Ponti | audiobook | |
| Hatchet by Gary Paulsen | eBook, audiobook | eBook |
| Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell | eBook, audiobook | |
| The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan | eBook, eBook, eBook, audiobook | eBook, eBook |
| The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day | eBook, audiobook | |
| The Remarkable Journey Of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart | audiobook | |
| Scat by Carl Hiaasen | eBook, audiobook | |
| Tasty: A History Of Yummy Experiments by Victoria Grace Elliot | eBook |
| Title | Alaska Digital Library | hoopla |
| Darius The Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram | audiobook | |
| The Fountains Of Silence by Ruta Sepetys | eBook, audiobook | |
| The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh | eBook, audiobook | audiobook |
| The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald | eBook, eBook, audiobook, audiobook | several eBook and audiobook options |
| The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins | eBook, audiobook, audiobook | eBook, audiobook |
| Killers Of The Flower Moon: The Osage Murders And The Birth Of The FBI (Young Readers Edition) by David Grann | ||
| The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera | eBook, audiobook | eBook, audiobook, audiolibro (en español) |
| Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs | eBook, audiobook | |
| Thieves Gambit by Kayvion Lewis | eBook | |
| Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir | eBook, audiolibro (en español) |