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
American Spirits
The Famous Fox Sisters and the Mysterious Fad That Haunted A Nation
Barb Rosenstock
Rap. Rap. Rap. The eerie sound was first heard in March of 1848 at the home of the Fox family in Hydesville, New York. The family’s two daughters, Kate and Maggie, soon discovered that they could communicate with the spirit that was making these uncanny noises. This strange incident, and the ones that followed, generated a media frenzy beyond anything the Fox sisters could have imagined.
From the Catalog
On Hoopla
Hunger’s Bite
Taylor Robin
After growing up together on the luxurious SS Lark, Neeta Pandey and Emery Botwright are ready to start their lives. Emery wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and sail the Lark forever, while Neeta yearns to travel the world. But neither will have any future at all if the Lark’s new owner, Mr. Honeycutt, has his way. Mr. Honeycutt … The first-class passengers adore him, while he makes the ship a nightmare for the crew. Twisted by unnatural appetites, the rich are actually transforming into something less than human, and their insatiable demands soon push the staff toward a–quite literal–burnout. Something otherworldly is undeniably aboard the SS Lark, something horribly hungry. But it’s not Wick Farley: vampire, secret agent, and paranormal investigator. Alone and at sea, with only Neeta and Emery to help him, he must uncover the truth about Mr. Honeycutt. And fast–before a ravenous craving for power consumes them all.
From the Catalog
Ichi the Witch
Volume 1
Osamu Nishi
In a world where only women can be witches, one unsuspecting boy acquires their power. Magic is alive and well in the world, inside beings known as Majiks. By completing a Majik’s trial, a Witch can gain its power. However, only women can become Witches or use magical items. All that changes one day when a young man named Ichi turns the world on its head by defeating an infamous Majik and gaining its magical powers! Ichi is a reclusive hunter who knows nothing of Witches and Majiks, but he does have a particular obsession for hunting anything that exudes bloodlust. When that instinct leads him to interfere in a battle between the great Witch Desscaras and the horrifying King Majik Uroro, against all odds, he acquires the destructive magic of Uroro, making him the only male Witch in the entire world! And not even Desscaras herself is prepared for the absolute headache that wild child Ichi is about to give her.
From the Catalog
You and Me on Repeat
Mary Shyne
Chris O’Brien has a genius plan: If he can share the perfect first kiss with his crush, Andy, then of course he’ll break free from the time loop that has him repeating graduation day over and over … and over. Alicia Ochoa thinks Chris’s plan is doomed. Valedictorian and a total nerd, she knows it’ll take more than a kiss to escape the loop they’re trapped in together. Besides, Chris may be a hopeless romantic, but Alicia doesn’t think he has a real shot with Andy. Once close friends, Alicia and Chris have history–lots of it. As they got older, the pair fell out after Chris ditched her for the ‘cool kids.’ But when you’re looping side by side, you never know if friendship might rekindle or what new feelings could spark along the way.