Teens Invited to Join Library District's Battle of the Books

GAINESVILLE. – Alachua County teens can register now to compete in the Alachua County Library District’s annual
Battle of the Books online in July and receive free copies of this year’s books while supplies last.

Teens ages 11 to 17 can register at www.aclib.us/teens/battle-books and select which branch they’d like to pick up their
books from using the Library District’s curbside service. The Library District purchased the books with a generous
donation from The Friends of the Library. The 2020 Battle of the Books titles are “Long Way Down” by Jason Reynolds
and “A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World” by Charlie Fletcher.

Typically, local teens compete as teams in this trivia contest, but this year’s program will be all online. The Battle of the
Books will be held Saturday, July 25 as a multiple-choice and true/false quiz on the two books using Kahoot! Teens can
join the competition starting at 1 p.m. in their web browser or on the Kahoot! mobile app. Questions won’t be timed
and participants have until 11:59 p.m. on July 25 to complete the quiz.

The 10 players with the highest scores will each receive a copy of George Takei’s award-winning graphic novel memoir
“They Called us Enemy.” If more than 10 players have the same high score, the names of high scorers will be drawn
randomly for prizes.

“The Battle of the Books has always been a fun way to keep teens reading and talking about books throughout the
summer. We’re excited to keep the tradition going,” said Youth Services Librarian Cameron Burris.
For more information, please contact Rachel Cook at 352-334-3909. Curbside service is available at all Library District
branches 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Visit www.aclib.us/currentservice for more details.

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