Reading Challenge is a reading competition for 6th-8th graders. At least one team member must attend school in the Library District. Homeschoolers may form teams, too!
What you do:
Sign up your team at the Library! Teams must register by March 1, 2024. Space is limited.
Read! You may be asked questions from any of the 30 books on the list.
Attend the mandatory orientation session. At least one team member must be present for teams to compete in the challenge.
Come to the Library ready to compete on Wednesday evenings in April.
Books with a (1) are on the list for the first year, (2) are on for the second year, and (3) are on for the third and final year. Titles on the list are kept in Middle Ground on the Main Level.
Amaria and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston (2)
Sweep by Jonatha Auxier (3)
Drum Roll Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (3)
The Benefits of Being An Octopus by Ann Braden (2)
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (2)
Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros (2)
Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie (2)
My Life in the Fish Tank by Barbara Dee (1)
The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz (3)
A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi (2)
Alone by Megan E. Freeman (1)
Wink by Rob Harrell (2)
Ophie’s Ghost by Justina Ireland (1)
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed (2)
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson (3)
New Kid by Jerry Kraft (3)
City Spies by James Ponti (1)
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee (3)
A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (3)
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed (3)
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (1)
Fallout by Steve Sheinkin (1)
Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui (1)
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat (1)
Katie The Catsitter by Colleen A. F. Venable and Stephanie Yue (2)