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Welcome to Sages Read 2021!

Below, you will find 20 challenges for this year. Watch this space for information on how to sign up to track your reading as you meet those challenges and earn a few incentives along the way.

This year we'd also like to hear from you. More information will be shared on our social media pages about how you can send recommendations for us to share. As always, you're welcome to use the #SagesRead hashtag if you'd like to share on your own. 

  1. Read a book about love
  2. Read a book by a local/regional author or illustrator
  3. Read a book recommended by a teacher, librarian, or bookseller
  4. Read a memoir by a BIPOC author (BIPOC: black, indigenous, and people of color)
  5. Read a book set in Illinois
  6. Read an #OwnVoices book with LGBTQ characters (#OwnVoices: the author shares a diverse, minority, or marginalized trait with the main character/perspective) 
  7. Read a book about books
  8. Read a picture book or graphic novel
  9. Read a retelling of a classic (fairytale, myth, Shakespeare, Austen, etc.)
  10. Read a book that you wouldn't normally pick up based on the cover 
  11. Read a book about science
  12. Read an #OwnVoices YA book with a Black main character that isn’t about Black pain
  13. Read a book that features a bilingual character
  14. Read a mystery by an author you've never read before
  15. Read a book featuring a holiday that you don't celebrate
  16. Read a book that helps you connect with nature
  17. Read a book that features engineering, technology, or math
  18. Read a nonfiction history or historical fiction book not set in WWII
  19. Read a science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman
  20. Read a middle grade or children’s book (not YA) that has won a diversity award (Coretta Scott King Book Awards, Jane Addams Children’s Books Awards, Stonewall Book Awards, etc.)

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  • 2021 Sages Read
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    • January 2020
    • February 2020
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    • May 2020
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    • December 2020
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