Reading Challenge 2021: Category 4 recommendations

Readers of all ages are invited to join the Hassenfeld Library’s Reading Challenge 2021 for the fun of sharing books with friends and family (and the chance to win prizes, too). Category 4 is a book with a number in the title. Read on for suggestions from our librarians.
By Kate Pritchard, Middle School/High School Librarian

Below are some books that might be good choices for the fourth category in our annual reading challenge; this category is a book with a number in the title.

Picture books:
“The 5 O’Clock Band” by Troy Andrews
“And Tango Makes Three” by Justin Richardson
“One Dark Bird” by Liz Garton Scanlon

Chapter books:
“The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four Jokers” by Pseudonymous Bosch
“The Wizards of Once” by Cressida Cowell
“Farah Rocks Fifth Grade” by Susan Muaddi Darraj

Middle grade books:
“A High Five for Glenn Burke” by Phil Bildner
“One Crazy Summer” by Rita Williams-Garcia
“The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street” by Karina Yan Glaser

Young adult books:
“Five Midnights” by Ann Dávila Cardinal
“I’ll Be the One” by Lyla Lee
“Odd One Out” by Nic Stone

Adult books:
“Ninth House” by Leigh Bardugo
“The Haunting of Tram Car 015” by P. Djèlí Clark
“21 Lessons for the 21st Century” by Yuval Noah Harari

See more suggestions for this category for K-6 readers and young adult & adult readers.

As a reminder, here’s how the challenge works: read at least one book in each category by the end of April and turn in your tracking sheet to the library for a chance to win a prize. Any kind of book counts for the challenge: picture books, audiobooks, graphic novels, poetry, cookbooks, and any other type of book you can imagine.

Visit the library’s Reading Challenge page to learn more about the challenge, to download a tracking sheet, and to get ideas for books in each category.
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