The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.1 - Most Improved - Jenny H's Task: Go to Jail

One of my favourite boardgames is Monopoly. I remember playing it with my mum a lot when I was a kid - and getting my butt kicked! I was so proud the first time I managed to beat her. The original Monopoly board takes its inspiration from the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA with 22 streets lining the board. There is also a UK version which uses London street names.

Read a book whose title includes one word (that is not "the") from this list of Monopoly street names: https://monopoly.fandom.com/wiki/Street
The word in your book title needs to be an exact match to the word on the list.

Graphic novels that meet SRC requirements may be used for this task.

Required: State the word and the street it matches.

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The Mod thread said they would be handling this for now, thanks!

Can we use words from both the US and UK lists? I assume so, but the task doesn't specifically say that.

Yes, you can use either US or UK street names.

Can we use Road, Street, Square etc?

Susan A wrote: "Can we use Road, Street, Square etc?"

Yes, that's fine.

Susan A wrote: "Can we use Road, Street, Square etc?"
That is what I have been waiting to ask! Thanks!

Can we use the following five words: North, Carolina, New, York, St. ? Thanks!

Deedee wrote: "Can we use the following five words: North, Carolina, New, York, St. ? Thanks!"

Yes, those words are all on the list!

Jenny wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Can we use the following five words: North, Carolina, New, York, St. ? Thanks!"

Yes, those words are all on the list!"

Yeah! thanks for the quick response

EDIT: I have read another book that fits here that I will use, but if someone can tell me if those MPGs qualify as childrens books, I would still appreciate to know for the future.

Hi, I am not sure if this is considered childrens or can be used for this task. It has UG on AR Bookfinder so can be used without restriction where child books are allowed, but I checked the rules and none of the MPGs are specifically what is listed. It has a Young Adult tag, but also has School and Read for School tags. It is also all over the board as to where it is shelved in my library system, although mostly teen or adult with only 2 copies that say children's.

The House on Mango Street

KmarieD wrote: "EDIT: I have read another book that fits here that I will use, but if someone can tell me if those MPGs qualify as childrens books, I would still appreciate to know for the future.

Hi, I am not su..."

Personally I would rule that one as being ok - "school" or "read for school" are distinct from "school stories" in terms of GR genres. "School stories" is a subset of the "children's" genre and is described as being set in schools and focusing on themes applicable to younger readers. "Read for school" could apply to anything that's required reading for a class - if I were to go off my own experience, for example, Of Mice And Men could be tagged 'read for school', and that's quite clearly not aimed at children.

Hope that helps!

Jayne wrote: "KmarieD wrote: "EDIT: I have read another book that fits here that I will use, but if someone can tell me if those MPGs qualify as childrens books, I would still appreciate to know for the future.
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Thanks, that does help.