1. You must read middle grade books. These are books deemed right for kids ages 9 (sometimes 8) - 12. Harry Potter would be considered a MG book. If you look for them on Amazon you need to look under children's ages 9-12.
2. Challenge starts Jan 17, 2010 and ends Dec 31, 2010. All books for the challenge must be read in that time frame.
3. Books for this challenge can cross over to other challenges.
4. Audio and ebooks count for sure!
5. There will be 4 levels:
5th Grader: At least 4 Books
6th Grader: At least 6 Books
7th Grader: At least 8 Books
8th Grader: At least 10 Books
6. In order to be considered for any prizes given away during the challenge you must to an intial post joining the challenge and link on Mr. Linky by Jan 16 (two weeks).
At the end of the year, and occasionally throughout the year I'll do check-in posts and hopefully have some giveaways for them!
Now I need HELP! I tried to make a button (see below) but I don't know how good it is. Thoughts? And if you know how to make GOOD ones and would like to make one that would be awesome too!
Count me in!:) Sounds great.
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I would love to join your challenge, as I have many middle grade books. I''ll join in at the eighth grade level and work on a post for it when I get home from work tonight!
ReplyDeleteOoh, sounds like fun. I also teach 7th grade, but hardly read any middle grades books (mostly because my students prefer YA novels). I'll be working on my post soon!
ReplyDeleteI have an award for you at my blog: http://ahauntofancientpeace.blogspot.com/2010/01/honest-scrap-award-its-my-first-ever-d.html
ReplyDeleteOne of my goals this year is to read more middle grade books. Thanks for organizing this. By the way, I love the button. It's adorable!
ReplyDeleteCount me in! This sounds like a fun challenge. I like to read Middle Grades books so that I can talk to my students about them. Besides, they are fun to read. I put a button in my sidebar that should send people to this web page if they click on it (and if I did it right.)
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I read lots of Middle Grade Books so I am going for all 10. :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like fun... and a good reason to get reading that middle grade book that's been sitting in my TBR pile for ages!
ReplyDeleteI am in! I am going to try to do them all!
ReplyDeleteGlad I stumbled upon this challenge! I read tons of YA but never have much interest in middle grade novels. Here's to changing that! Thanks for the challenge. :)
ReplyDeleteI keep promising no more challenges, but this one is easy. I have the Mark Twain list to choose from, as well as the Cybils, and anything I read will help me plan the book list for the next year's book battle. I will be going for the 8th grade level and reading 10. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI used to teach seventh-grade, too. Now I'm writing full time and leading after-school book clubs. Thanks for the challenge!
ReplyDeleteCount me in as an 8th grader!!
ReplyDeleteJust realized I didn't write an official post, but I'm participating, just the same.
ReplyDeleteI'm joining late - just discovered this challenge. I'm a middle grade writer and follower.
ReplyDeleteIs it too late to join? I promise to work hard to catch up! :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm keeping all my MG reads in the same list as my 100 reading challenge post. Hope that's okay. I've read some great MG's this year!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to leave my link for my first book in the challenge. It's at: http://bookcation.blogspot.com/2010/03/thoughts-on-crooked-kind-of-perfect-by.html
ReplyDeleteI hope this is the way to do it! Thanks for organizing this.
I've got twelve MG books read so far this year! Where should we list them? I have them here on my blog
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Awesome challenge! Middle grade books are my fave, fave, fave!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!
ReplyDeleteOK, I just realized I was a year too late. :(
ReplyDeleteI am way late to this one, just found it (I'm planning a Middle Grade Read-a-thon so wanted to see what else is out there). Can I say...awesome! Hope you are doing it next year...I'll be in. Thanks for spreading the MG love!
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