The Lester (Two Rivers) Public Library team won the Manitowoc-Calumet Library System\u2019s Battle of the Books competition for the first time in the 19-years the teen reading program has existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The competition between 7th-12th grade students took place on September 8th at Manitowoc Public Library. Four teams competed, representing libraries in Brillion, Manitowoc, Two Rivers and New Holstein. This year a new format, Kahoot! was used, and proved to be a welcome change for the teens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Brillion team came in second place, and the New Holstein team took third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Battle of the Books is a trivia contest for students to test their knowledge of eight books, selected by library staff, which they have read over the summer. This year\u2019s books consisted of a graphic novel: Savage Beard of She Dwarf by Kyle Latino, a non-fiction: Folding Tech by Karen Latchana Kenney, a historical fiction: Kent State by Deborah Wiles, two science fiction\/fantasy: Burn by Patrick Ness and Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia, a horror: Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall, a mystery: The Inheritance Games by Lynn Barns, and a fiction: Don\u2019t Read the Comments by Eric Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Battle emcee was Julia Lee, the Youth Services Manager at Manitowoc Public Library. All participating teams put their knowledge to the test and did a fantastic job competing all the way through the finale. Congratulations on all your hard work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Lester (Two Rivers) Public Library team won the Manitowoc-Calumet Library System\u2019s Battle of the Books competition for the first time in the 19-years the teen reading program has existed. The competition between 7th-12th grade students took place on September 8th at Manitowoc Public Library. Four teams competed, representing libraries in Brillion, Manitowoc, Two Rivers … Read More “Battle of the Books 2021: Lester Public Library Wins for the 1st Time!”<\/span> »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mclsweb.org\/mclsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mclsweb.org\/mclsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mclsweb.org\/mclsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mclsweb.org\/mclsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mclsweb.org\/mclsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mclsweb.org\/mclsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3541,"href":"https:\/\/www.mclsweb.org\/mclsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions\/3541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mclsweb.org\/mclsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mclsweb.org\/mclsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mclsweb.org\/mclsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mclsweb.org\/mclsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}