Just a reminder that the Regional North Country Battle of the Books will be held at St. James School in Gouverneur on Saturday May 5, 2018. Battles will begin promptly at 10am; teams may sign in as early as 9:30am.

Parking behind the school is limited, but there is a public parking lot at Park and Main, behind the pizzeria.

We will not break for lunch; teams can bring a lunch or snacks and eat when they find that they have time to do so. For severe allergy reasons, please do not bring food that contains peanuts into the school.

Good luck, everyone!

The Regional Battle for 2017 will be held on Saturday, May 20, at St. James School in Gouverneur. Battles will begin at 10am, but teams may sign in as early as 9:30am.

Crenshaw, by Katherine Applegate

The Jumbies, by Tracy Baptiste

Soar, by Joan Bauer

Book Scavenger, by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

The Iron Trial, by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown

Sweet Home Alaska, by Carole Estby Dagg

Raymie Nightingale, by Kate DiCamillo

Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery & A Very Strange Adventure, by Lissa Evans (Approved abbreviation: Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms)

Congratulations to the Black River Spirit Readers, who took first place at the 2015 North Country Battle of the Books! 13 teams battled it out on Saturday, May 30, at St. James School in Gouverneur, and even though this was only the second time the Sally Ploof Hunter Memorial Library has sent a team to the battle, their team took home the trophy.

Canton Free Library's SLEJ Hammers took home the (soon-to-be-traditional?) second prize pizza, and Carthage Free Library's Mystic Elements came in third place. Good job, everyone!