Middle Grade Madness! discussion

Team A
1. (CAPTAIN) Kadi - Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer - 58
2. Capn - Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba - 9
3. Firefly Reid - The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer - 1
4. Ilsen - Measuring Up: A Graphic Novel by Lily LaMotte - 50
5. Bhavya - Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston - 3
6. Jos Stormblessed - Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi - 85
7. Rachael Reshma - Gloam by Jack Mackay - 20
8. Audrey Hammer - The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull - 42
9. Sahari - The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan - 12

(Each person’s name is linked to their challenge bookshelf. The book listed beside their name is their mg book recommendation and the number is their personal task)

The spreadsheet containing all the tasks will be shared with every team member via email invite on 1st September: (countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...)

2 important things to note:
1. REFER TO THE RULES
- You can find them here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
- They list every detail from how the points are calculated to information on the bonus tasks.
- If you have a questions, please check it against the rules and if you’re still looking for an answer please put it to your team captain who will ask me in the Captain’s Chat and refer back to you.

2. MAKE SURE YOUR BOOKS COUNT
Please always check your book counts towards our challenge before starting to read it!
Refer to the rules below to remind yourself of what counts as an mg book for the challenge:

WHAT COUNTS AS A MIDDLE GRADE BOOK:
- Must be more than 100 pages long.
*For audio books*: The print edition must be more than 100 pages long.
*For graphic novels*: must be more than 150 pages long.
- Must be categorised as MG+ or MG on this website: https://www.arbookfind.com/
If it says LG or UG on the website it DOESN’T COUNT.
OR
Must be categorised as MY+ or MY on this website: https://www.arbookfind.co.uk/
If it says LY or UY on the website it DOESN’T COUNT.
- Only books started on/after 1st August count!

Ice-breaker:
1. Introduce yourself! Tell your fellow team members what your favourite genres to read are and some things you like to do besides reading. Also talk about your recommended book and why you recommended it.

2. Decide on a team name! Choose the name of a protagonist (or main character) from a middle grade book/series. This challenge has been hosted four times in the past and here are what past teams have chosen: Coraline, Alice Queensmeadow, Logan Sweet, Lucy Pevensie, Sirius Black, Merlin, Charlotte, Morrigan Crow, Mary Poppins, Amari Peters, Matilda Wormwood, Wolf, Zenobia, Diana Barry, Remus Lupin, Anthony Lockwood, Cimorene, Sophie Foster, Percy Jackson, Ivy Lovely, Moose Flanagan and Alcatraz Smedry so please don’t choose those!

Hi guys I'm Kadi, you all know me I like to read, I like to host this challenge, I love a good spreadsheet, I can't wait to dig into all my MG books!

I don't have a preference for the team name. Last year I suggested Arthur Spiderwick, I still think that's a good option, but I'm interested to hear others' suggestions...

Rachael and Sahari, please can you both make shelves for the challenge so I can add your challenge shelf links to the comment at the top of the page, that will make things easier once the challenge starts, thanks😊

I'm Audrey and excited to be back.

I'm a mom of five, and the oldest is getting married in 3 weeks. I'm making the cake because that's one thing I do. I'm also a musician, and I've been working really hard this year to get better at violin. (I teach band and orchestra during the school year to elementary school kids.) I'm also a freelance editor and have edited about 20 published books.

I mostly like fantasy and science fiction; mysteries, thrillers, and horror are also fun. I don't like romance and nothing too cozy or too dark. The Candy Shop War is by a local author, and I've had the third in the series waiting to be read for a while now, and it's getting embarrassing.

Hi, I’m Firefly!

I love reading fantasy books and sci-fi. My favourite kind of book is hard to describe. I love books that give off the vibes that they were written somewhere between the years 2012-2013. If you know, you know, if you don’t, you don’t 😅.

I recently got a kitten and have really been enjoying hanging out with him and watching have the zoomies. I also love writing and am working on writing a second book!

I recommended The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer because my mom read that book series to me when I was little and it’s the series that got me not only into reading, but writing as well. It was written well enough that I know even now I would enjoy reading it all over again.

Group name…. Bellatrix Lestrange??? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Also quick question! I’ve never joined one of these challenges before because I’ve always chickened out, but unfortunately that also means I don’t quite understand all the rules… the number next to our names, I know it says it’s the number of our personal task. Does that mean we have to read the number of books beside our name? For example, my number is number 1. Do I only read 1 book for this challenge? Or is there somewhere I go to see what task one is and after I finish task 1, do I get to do more tasks??

Also does this challenge start in August or September?? I’ve seen some things say September because that’s when we get to look at the list of tasks, but this challenge is called the August reading challenge. I’m just a little confused 😅 sorry

Firefly wrote: "Also does this challenge start in August or September?? I’ve seen some things say September because that’s when we get to look at the list of tasks, but this challenge is called the August reading ..."

I think the September is a typo. It should begin August 1.
The tasks are numbered, so the number refers to a specific task. I assume it will make more sense once that's released.

Mary Lennox
Luna Lovegood
Alice Liddle (Alice in Wonderland)
Bastille