March Madness Book Bracket: Sweet Sixteen

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Special Event

Age Group:

Adults, Teens
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Program Description

Event Details

Each week vote for your favorite titles as sweet sixteen books in eight genre divisions battle it out for the title of March Madness Champion!

TO VOTE IN ROUND ONE CLICK HERE!

Be sure to vote every Monday in March - each time you vote, your name will be entered into a prize raffle. Get a bonus prize entry when you fill out a bracket with your predictions before the tournament begins; anyone who correctly guesses their entire bracket will win a prize! Brackets are due no later than Sunday, March 6th.The winning title will be announced Monday, April 4th.

  • Brackets and voting forms can be picked and dropped off at the Adult & Teen Services desk.
  • You can also download a bracket, print it out, and bring it to the Library or email it to kcunningham@newlenoxlibrary.org

Meet your Sweet Sixteen titles below:

Graphic Novels

  • American Born Chinese / Gene Luen Yang
  • Anya's Ghost/ Vera Brosgol

Historical Fiction

  • Outlander / Diana Gabaldon
  • Where the Crawdads Sing / Delia Owens

Sci-Fi/Speculative Fiction

  • Brave New World/ Aldus Huxley
  • Dune/ Frank Herbert

Poetry

  • Milk and Honey/ Rupi Kaur
  • The Bell Jar/ Sylvia Plath

Biography/Memoir

  • I am Malala/ Malala Yousafzai
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot

Fantasy

  • A Game of Thrones/ George R.R. Martin
  • The Fellowship of The Ring/ J.R.R. Tolkien

Classics

  • The Outsiders / S. E. Hinton
  • Beloved/ Toni Morrison

Romance

  • The Night Circus/ Erin Morgenstern
  • The Fault in Our Stars/ John Green

Raffle Basket Includes:

  • Kurdene S8 Wireless Earbuds
  • 18 oz IronFlask Waterbottle
  • 2 1/2lb Reeses Cups
  • Orange Vanilla Dreamsicle Scented Candle
  • All Natural Blood Orange Handsoap
  • Clip-on Wastebasketball Hoop

** Registration is not required, but by registering you will receive a reminder email when each new round of voting becomes available.