PPS kids and teens in grades 5 through 12 can participate in this team trivia contest based on books. Battles are broken up by grade level: 5th Grade Battle, 6-8th Grade Battle, and 9-12th Grade Battle.
Every year, teams read a list of books carefully selected by library staff. They meet and compete by answering trivia questions about the books in a fun and exciting atmosphere.
Each team consists of five to seven members (but can be smaller or larger) and should have an adult sponsor (e.g. PPS teacher, school librarian or a designated parent). Choose a name for your team, read the books and come ready to show us what you’re made of!
- 5th Grade on Tuesday, March 16th at Carmalt PreK-8 from 10 am – 12 pm
- 6th-8th Grade on Thursday, March 18th at Sterrett 6-8 from 10 am – 12 pm
- 9th-12th Grade on Tuesday, March 9th at Brashear High School from 9 am – 11 am
Sponsors can register their team here.
You can sign up for a free library card here.
If you need help using our Digital Media tools to access these selections, visit our Online Resources Support page.
If you’re looking for more book suggestions, we’re happy to recommend them to you! Use this Book Recommendation form to send us some information about what you like to read and we’ll curate a list just for you.
If you have any additional questions, you can call us at 412-622-3114 or email us at [email protected]. You can find additional ways to contact us on the Need Help? page.
In the Catalog
Blue Box
Kouji Miura
The story of a teenage boy who loves badmitton who falls for an upperclassman on the girls’ basketball team.
From the Catalog
The Cartoonists Club
Raina Telgemeier
Makayla is bursting with ideas but doesn’t know how to make them into a story. Howard loves to draw, but he struggles to come up with ideas and his dad thinks comics are a waste of time. Lynda constantly draws in her sketchbook but keeps focusing on what she feels are mistakes, and Art simply loves being creative and is excited to try something new. They come together to form the Cartoonists Club, where kids can learn about making comics and use their creativity and imagination for their own storytelling adventures!
From the Catalog
On Hoopla
On Libby
Frizzy
Claribel A. Ortega
Marlene, a young Dominican American girl, stops straightening her hair and embraces her natural curls. Presented in comic book format.
From the Catalog
On Libby
It’s All or Nothing, Vale
Andrea Beatriz Arango
No one knows hard work and dedication like Valentina Camacho. And Vale’s thing is fencing. She’s the top athlete at her fencing gym. Or she was . . . until the accident. After months away, Vale is finally cleared to fence again, but it’s much harder than before. Her body doesn’t move the way it used to, and worst of all is the new number one: Myrka. When she sweeps Vale aside with her perfect form and easy smile, Vale just can’t accept that. But the harder Vale fights to catch up, the more she realizes her injury isn’t the only thing holding her back. If she can’t leave her accident in the past, then what does she have to look forward to?
From the Catalog
Kareem Between
Shifa Saltagi Safadi
From failed football tryouts to helping the new Syrian refugee student, seventh-grader Kareem attempts to navigate the social complexities of seventh grade, which are further complicated when his mother is unable to return home from Syria due to an executive order.
