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The Battle of the Books is a competitive contest of teams which have read selected stories and are then pitted against other teams for points and the honor of being the champion of the Battle of the Books. It originated right here in NC about a decade or so ago and is still alive and well. The questions all begin with the stem "In which book. . . The teams respond with the title and author, if they get it incorrect, the other team has a chance to steal those points... We have district and regional competitions and have yet to have a state-wide competition. The books are selected at the end of the regionals and published and distributed in Sep or Oct... the students then read the books and begin for the competitions which begin in Feb and Mar... The books change from year to year and are selected by a committee of the Battle of the Books body. . . Quite an interesting program... I believe I have the rules in a file somewhere... if I find them, I'll make them available for those who are interested... Aloha... Earl J.