Nicolas Begich M. S. Library
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What is Battle of the Books
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS?
The Battle of the Books is a statewide Alaskan reading motivation and comprehension program sponsored by the Alaska Association of School Librarians. The goals of the program are to encourage and recognize students who enjoy reading, broaden reading interests, increase reading comprehension, and promote academic excellence.
2014-15 books are available for checkout!!!
Blizzard of Glass
Recounts the story from WorldWar I in which two towns were leveled and almost two thousand people killed following the collision of two warships in Halifax Harbour and a blizzard that dumped over a foot of snow
in the area. Book Trailer
Jump Into the Sky
In 1945, thirteen-year-old Levi Battle travels to find the father he has not seen in three years, going from Chicago to segregated North Carolina and finally to Pendleton, Oregon, where he learns that his father's unit, the all-black 555th paratrooper battalion, will never see combat but finally has a mission.
Devil's Arithmetic
Call of the Wild in Graphic Novel by Neil Kleid
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly take to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Presented in graphic novel format.
Three Times Lucky by SheilaTurnage
Washed ashore as a baby in tinyTupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau, now eleven, and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel,owner of a cafe and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana,
seems implicated in a murder.Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
When thirteen-year-olds Jonahand Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery
involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
Selection
The opportunity to be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her, and leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she begins to realize that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.
False Prince by Jennifer A Nielsen
Deadly by Julie Chibbaro
In the early nineteen-hundreds, sixteen-year-old Prudence Galewski leaves school to take a job assisting the head epidemiologist at New York's Department of Health and Sanitation, investigating the intriguing case of "Typhoid Mary," a seemingly healthy woman who is infecting others with typhoid fever.
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic,
technology, and a particularly nasty troll.