The 905 Summer Reading Challenge is returning to the court!
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905 minutes of reading and five remarkable Black and Indigenous authors, all led by the best coach in the league.
TORONTO, June 7, 2021 – First Book Canada, Raptors 905, and Penguin Random House Canada announced today the launch of the Raptors 905 Summer Virtual Reading Challenge: The Stories for All Project™.
Two hundred grade 5 students from the Peel District School Board and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board have been nominated by their teachers and parents to take part. They will be invited to read one book a week for five weeks, write a short book report, and participate in a virtual reading celebration each week, featuring the author of the book they have just read and Raptors 905 Head Coach Patrick Mutombo as guests.
Here is the starting lineup of books selected by Penguin Random House Canada:
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THE BARREN GROUNDS by David A. Robertson
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THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (25th anniversary edition)
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WHEN STARS ARE SCATTERED by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed
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TAKE BACK THE BLOCK by Chrystal D. Giles
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J.D. AND THE GREAT BARBER BATTLE by J. Dillard, illustrated by Akeem S. Roberts