GMGR 2024 Read a Rainbow Challenge

[Elza]

Welcome to GMGR's Read a Rainbow challenge! For this challenge, you'll aim to read books with covers in every hue.

There are two ways to play:

ROYGBIV
Read through the classic 7-color rainbow.

[Your name here] 2024 ROYGBIV Rainbow:
Red:
Orange:
Yellow:
Green:
Blue:
Indigo:
Violet:


EXTENDED
Read through a spectrum of 15 rainbow colors.

[Your name here] 2024 Extended Rainbow:
Pink:
Red:
Orange:
Brown:
Yellow:
Green:
Emerald:
Teal:
Blue:
Cobalt:
Indigo:
Purple:
Black:
White:
Multi:

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How to Play:
• Copy/paste your preferred challenge length (ROYGBIV or Extended) in a comment on this thread.

• Update your comment throughout the year, adding the books you finish during 2024.

• Use the "add book/author" button to create links to the books here on Goodreads.

• When selecting books for this challenge, please stick to books targeted for ages 8-12. No picture books, YA or Adult titles about kids.

• If you would like a visual way to track your challenge reading, graphic templates for our Read a Rainbow challenge are available in our photo gallery (ROYGBIV, Extended).

[C.J.]

Yes, please! Sign me up for the extended rainbow!
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CJ's 2024 Extended Rainbow:

Pink: The Year of the Fortune Cookie Andrea Cheng
Red: Scat Carl Hiaasen
Orange: Restart Gordon Korman
Brown: The Counterclockwise Heart Brian Farrey
Yellow: American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang
Green: Summer of Brave Amy Noelle Parks
Emerald: Frogkisser! Garth Nix
Teal: Archer's Quest Linda Sue Park
Blue: Checked Cynthia Kadohata
Cobalt: The List of Things That Will Not Change Rebecca Stead
Indigo: Stowaway John David Anderson
Purple: What If a Fish Anika Fajardo
Black: Here in the Real World Sara Pennypacker
White: Green Alex Gino
Multi: Something Like Home Andrea Beatriz Arango

COVERS:





CJ's 2024 Extended Rainbow:
Because I love colors, so why not do it again?!
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Pink: The Memory Keeper Jennifer Camiccia
Red: The Calder Game Blue Balliett
Orange: Squirm Carl Hiaasen
Brown: Final Word Janet Sumner Johnson
Yellow: The Unteachables Gordon Korman
Green: A Girl, a Raccoon, and the Midnight Moon Karen Romano Young
Emerald: The Name of This Book Is Secret Pseudonymous Bosch
Teal: The House With Chicken Legs Sophie Anderson
Blue: Pie Sarah Weeks
Cobalt: Space Case Stuart Gibbs
Indigo: Midnight in the Piazza Tiffany Parks
Purple: Small Spaces Katherine Arden
Black: Monarca Eva Aridjis
White: The Wolf Wilder Katherine Rundell
Multi: City of the Dead

COVERS:





CJ's 2024 Extended Rainbow:
Third time's the charm!
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Pink:
Red: The Superteacher Project Gordon Korman
Orange: Wink Rob Harrell
Brown: They Called Us Enemy George Takei
Yellow: The Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare
Green: The Year of the Three Sisters Andrea Cheng
Emerald:
Teal:
Blue:
Cobalt: Daring Darleen, Queen of the Screen Anne Nesbet
Indigo:
Purple: Guts Raina Telgemeier
Black: Olivetti Allie Millington
White: Counting by 7s Holly Goldberg Sloan
Multi:

COVERS:




CJ's 2024 Extended Rainbow:
LGBTQIAP+ Edition
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Pink: The Language of Seabirds Will Taylor
Red: Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword
Orange: The Boy in the Dress David Walliams
Brown: A Game of Fox & Squirrels Jenn Reese
Yellow: Gracefully Grayson Ami Polonsky
Green: Candidly Cline Kathryn Ormsbee
Emerald: Zenobia July Lisa Bunker
Teal:
Blue: Martin McLean, Middle School Queen Alyssa Zaczek
Cobalt: The Best Man Richard Peck
Indigo:
Purple: The Deepest Breath Meg Grehan
Black: The Whispers Greg Howard
White: We Are All Made of Molecules Susin Nielsen
Multi: Small Town Pride Phil Stamper

COVERS:

[Elza]

The tracker graphic we made for this challenge is super fun so I'm going to be brave and go for the extended rainbow! Wish me luck.

Elza's 2024 Extended Rainbow:
Pink:
Red:
Orange:
Brown:
Yellow:
Green:
Emerald:
Teal:
Blue:
Cobalt:
Indigo:
Purple:
Black:
White:
Multi:



Download a copy for yourself from our photo gallery!

[Cherry Maple]

Amber's 2024 Extended Rainbow:
Pink:
Red:
Orange: A Reluctant Witch's Guide to Magic by Shivaun Plozza
Brown:
Yellow:
Green: Jinx by Sage Blackwood
Emerald:
Teal:
Blue: Odder by Katherine Applegate
Cobalt:
Indigo:
Purple:
Black:
White:
Multi: The Borrowers Afield by Mary Norton