Books for the Battle
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Beauty and the Beak
by Deborah Lee Rose
& Jane Veltkamp

EPIC:  YES
(This book is not available for
reading outside of school hours.)

Hoopla eBook:  NO
Hoopla Audio:  NO

Overdrive/Libby eBook:  NO
Overdrive/Libby Audio:  NO

I Love You,
Michael Collins
by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

EPIC:  NO

Hoopla eBook:  NO
Hoopla Audio:  NO

Overdrive/Libby eBook:  YES (CIDL)
Overdrive/Libby Audio:  YES (CIDL)

Measuring  Up
by Lily LaMotte

EPIC:  NO

Hoopla eBook:  NO
Hoopla Audio:  NO

Overdrive/
Libby eBook:  YES
Overdrive/
Libby Audio:
NO

The Eleventh Hour
by Graeme Base

EPIC:  NO

Hoopla eBook:  NO
Hoopla Audio:  NO

Overdrive/
Libby eBook:  NO
Overdrive/
Libby Audio:  NO

The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown

EPIC: NO

Hoopla eBook:
NO
Hoopla Audio:
NO

Overdrive/Libby eBook:  YES
Overdrive/Libby Audio:  YES

When the Beat Was Born:
DJ Kool Herc &
The Creation of Hip Hop
by Laban Carrick Hill

EPIC:  NO

Hoopla eBook:  NO
Hoopla Audio: NO

Overdrive/Libby eBook:
YES (CIDL)
Overdrive/Libby Audio:  NO

Wishtree
by Katherine Applegate

EPIC:  NO

Hoopla eBook:  NO
Hoopla Audio:  NO

Overdrive/Libby eBook:
NO
Overdrive/Libby Audio:  YES

School and public libraries all have physical copies of the battle books for students to check-out. Some select titles are even available digitally on EPIC, Hoopla and Overdrive. Hoopla has a 21-day borrowing period and up to 10 books may be checked out each month. The good news is that Hoopla does not have a limit on how many people may read the book simultaneously. In other words, your whole team could read the same book at the same time, if you choose to do that. You may also decide to purchase books yourself, but it is not necessary to do so.


The only requirement to check-out books from either the Clarkston Independence District Library (CIDL) or the Springfield Township Library is a Pack Pass which is a library card. The library staff will make the new Pack Pass on the spot so the library card can be taken home on the same day. Need a Pack Pass for your son or daughter to participate in the Battle of the Books program? Click here for the directions. For those families and students who already have a Pack Pass, please DO NOT sign up for a new one.