Middle Grade Madness! discussion

Team B
1. (CO-CAPTAIN) Aeriell - Into the Wild by Erin Hunter - 42
2. (CO-CAPTAIN) Chara - The Shape of Lost Things by Sarah Everett- 73
3. (CO-CAPTAIN) EdenB15 - A Flash of Neon by Sophie Cameron - 77
4. Aurora - Upside-Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski- 96
5. Patricia - Front Desk by Kelly Yang - 14
6. Anissa Michaud - A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd - 25
7. Hannah Grace Shultz - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas - 13
8. Filli - Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 7
9. Rachael ଓ ̆̈·˚ - Castle in the Stars: The Space Race of 1869 by Alex Alice - 5
10. Abigael Kala - A True Home by Kallie George - 8

(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 August: (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 team B!!

@Rachael please can you choose another book to recommend. The one you've chosen looks super good, I've added it to my TBR, but sadly it's too short to count for the Challenge as graphic novels need to be 150 pages or more.
Please let me know what other book you want to recommend and I can change it above😊

Hi y’all! I’m Aeriell and holy cow another year of this! I can’t wait to read with y’all and see all the books. I always love seeing the different books that people choose and how they fit into the prompt.

What should we choose for names? Please place your idea below!

Hi everybody! I'm Chara (Care-a) this is my 5th year doing this challenge.

For team names. I would love something unique
Something that whenever you hear the name you immediately think of the book/character

Skulduggery Pleasant
Artemis Fowl
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III or Hiccup

Hi Team, so excited to be back for another year, I’m Eden for those who you don’t know me and yes we will have to think of a good title!

Hi Aeriell and other team members! You all can call me Rory. I like reading fantasy and contemporary middle grade genres the most. I am excited to be taking part again.

Name idea. Bea. A few middle grade books have a girl chracter named or nicknamed Bea. Examples, The sun will come out by Joanne Levy, Bea is for blended by Lindsey Stoddard, The way to Bea by Kat Yeh, Bea Mullins takes a shot by Emily Deibert to name a few. Stumbled upon this common name this year. Only have read one of these, finishing up The Sun will come out.

Artemis Fowl, good pick Chara! That book series is really good.

Hii I'm Rachael! Still kind of a newbie (only joined the challenge last year when Kadi was promoting it), but I'm excited to join once again!

I enjoy reading fantasy and dystopian at the moment (bonus if anything remotely philosophy or history is in it), so... yes, that had definitely been why I recommended my previous book, and certainly not for the beautiful art accompanying it. My bad, Kadi, that I hadn't noted the page count when submitting my form response :")

Considering that, another book I'll recommend (that fits the page count this time ahah...) is The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill. It was one of my favourite (and most memorable) reads from primary school, and even as simple as the storyline was, it was still a super endearing read when I picked it up again for a prompt last year, even making me cry (again) by the end.

Sorry that had gotten a bit long ;-; ANYWAYS on the topic of team names: my pick might be Artemis Fowl, too. Such a good series that I've yet to pick up, and quite a unique name, too!

And random divergence from the current convo, but since Hiccup was another suggestion, any other HTTYD fans here hehe? I had personally loved the film adaptations more than I had the book series.

I liked the first movie of How to train your dragon but just couldn't get into the book. Maybe because its on the younger side of the middle grade age range. Shrug emoji.

Hi! My name is Patricia and I joined 2 or 3 years ago, I guess. I love reading romance, young adult, fiction, and especially middle grade. I'm an upcoming college student, and my classes will start in August, so I will try to balance my college life and reading.

I'll have to see if we can use Artemis Fowl, it might of been used before.

I don't think Hiccup was used before so that is in the running.

Also to the people who haven't read Artemis Fowl, yes read it! I love that series!!

I also love warrior cats so there is some interesting names lol like Firestar (or many others!! So many names)

Hi all! My name if Filli. It's good to see some familiar names every year. Good to see you guys. Looking forward to the challenge, too. Let's have fun.

Also, for the name, i love HTTYD, Hiccup is okay. Or maybe we can use the dragon's name, like Night 'Toothless' Fury :D

Rachael ༊·˚ wrote: "Sorry that had gotten a bit long ;-; ANYWAYS on the topic of team names: my pick might be Artemis Fowl, too. Such a good series that I've yet to pick up, and quite a unique name, too!

And random d..."

The movies are so different from the books that I considered them to be their own thing.

Segue: Instead of doing a live action beat for beat remake they should of just adapted the books.

Rory, I recommend listening to the audiobooks. They're narrated by David Tennat (The tenth doctor) and he is bloody brilliant.

CraftyChara wrote: "Rachael ༊·˚ wrote: "Sorry that had gotten a bit long ;-; ANYWAYS on the topic of team names: my pick might be Artemis Fowl, too. Such a good series that I've yet to pick up, and quite a unique name..."

I know they are different. I think Astrid is just in the movie. I'll try the audiobook if my library has it, thanks! I love dragons.
There are a few versions narrated by other people so it's a good thing you told me which narrirator you like.
Hold placed on the David Tennat version. Maybe I can use it for a task.