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 3, 2025. 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 (3)
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (1)
The Benefits of Being An Octopus by Ann Braden (3)
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (3)
Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros (3)
Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros (1)
Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie (3)
My Life in the Fish Tank by Barbara Dee (2)
A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi (3)
Alone by Megan E. Freeman (2)
Wink by Rob Harrell (3)
Ophie’s Ghost by Justina Ireland (2)
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed (3)
The Fort by Gordon Korman (1)
Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd (1)
The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh (1)
How To Become A Planet by Nicole Melleby
Frizzy by Claribel Ortega and Rose Bousamra (1)
Seen and Unseen by Partridge and Tamaki (1)
City Spies by James Ponti (2)
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (2)
Fallout by Steve Sheinkin (2)
Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui (2)
The Golden Hour by Niki Smith (1)
The Tryout by Soontornvat and Cacao (1)
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat (2)
Katie The Catsitter by Colleen A. F. Venable and Stephanie Yue (3)
