With the end of the year fast approaching, I've become a little obsessed with finishing up my 2020 reading challenges and deciding which I want to take on for 2021.  Not only have I created a reading challenge roundup blog, but I've also decided to host my own challenge for the first time ever!  I've wanted to do this for some time and just haven't ever taken the plunge.  So, drumroll please, let me introduce you to The Children's Historical Fiction Reading Challenge.  It features one of my favorite genres, plus my favorite kind of reading challenge (reading prompts).  I hope you'll join me for what I hope is a fun, horizon-expanding, and rewarding (that means a prize!) challenge.

The Nitty-Gritty:

• Challenge runs from January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
• You may sign-up to participate at any time during the challenge.
• You do not need to have a blog to participate.  You can keep track of your reading on social media, Goodreads, etc.  Just be sure to link back here any time you post about the challenge.
• All books read must be historical fiction written for children (including teens).  Picture books do not count.  Books must be at least 50 pages in length to qualify.  
• Any genre counts as long as at least part of the book occurs in a real place at a real time in the past.  For example, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis would count because at least part of the book is set in 1940s London.  A book set entirely in a made-up country in 1855 would not count because although it is set in a real time, it's not set in a real place.  Since the point of the challenge is to learn about real history, alternative history stories that occur in a real place in a real time where real history did not actually occur (say, a book set in space in 1702) will not count.
• For the purposes of this challenge, "historical" will refer to any time before the year 2000.
• Although the goal of this challenge is to celebrate children's historical fiction, expand our reading inside the genre, and have fun doing it, in order to be eligible for the prize, you must read books that fulfill 20 of the reading prompts.  There are 25 prompts given to allow flexibility of choice, but only 20 need to be fulfilled in order to complete the challenge and be eligible for the prize.
• A prize of a new book of your choice (up to a $20 value) from Amazon or Book Depository is on offer.  A winner will be chosen at random from among those who complete the challenge.
• I will post a review link-up each month as a way to check-in with challenge participants and share books read.
• Since I don't have a fancy widget, you can sign up by commenting below. Just kidding!  There's now a fancy widget below. Please use it to officially sign up for the challenge.
• Okay, I think that's it.  Any questions or comments?  Comment on this post or email me with questions: blogginboutbooks@gmail.com