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20.6 It's a Fact: Kristen IA's Task - Let's Go to the Park!
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For Option 4A, please verify MPG Native American, since it's last under MORE:The Singing of the Dead
Kathy KS wrote: "For Option 4A, please verify MPG Native American, since it's last under MORE:The Singing of the Dead"
MPG Native American verified
Book Concierge wrote: "Please confirm MPG - HISTORICAL fiction...The Memory of an Elephant
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MPG of Historical Fiction confirmed. Enjoy!
Marie (UK) wrote: "Please can you lock in MPG Historical Fiction for Black Moses"Yes, MPG Historical Fiction is locked in.
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For my family some of the best things about summer are baseball, being outside, and going on vacation! We have a goal to visit all 30 of the Major League Baseball (MLB) Stadiums, and would like to see as many of the 63 US National Parks as we can. Since we live in a state with no MLB teams and no National Parks, we have taken many vacations to enjoy both kinds of parks over the years. This task will revisit some of these adventures! Since one part of the joy of going to these parks is seeing the sights, your book may have the MPG Graphic Novels, Comics, or Manga.
This is a one book task.
Required: State the option you chose.
Option 1: Through the Years - Since my husband and I married in 2006, we have visited a national park or MLB ballpark in these years: 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
-Read a book that was first published in one of these years.
Option 2: Feeling a “Little” Old - We’ve visited the two oldest MLB ballparks (Fenway and Wrigley) and the smallest national park (Gateway Arch).
-For this option, read a book that has an MPG of History or Historical (standalone or embedded) AND is a smaller book, with 100-250 pages.
Option 3: Where Did You Go? - We’ve been to nine national parks in eight different states and six different ballparks in four different states. Two states are in both categories so there are a total of 10 states visited. For this option, you can choose A or B:
A) Read a book set in one of these 10 states: Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, South Dakota, Tennessee, or Wyoming
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B) Read a book by an author whose FIRST initial matches a letter in one of our visited national park state’s two letter abbreviations: AR, AZ, CO, IN, SD, TN, or WY AND whose LAST initial matches a letter in one of our visited ballpark state’s two letter abbreviations: CO, IL, MA, or MO.
Authors examples that work: Charlotte McConaghy, Sarah Addison Allen, Christina Lauren, Costanza Casati, Steve Cavanagh
These DON’T: Maggie Shipstead, Rebecca Yarros, Chris Whitaker
If more than one author, only one author’s initials need to meet the requirement.
Option 4: Let’s Thrive in ‘25! - There has been a lot of uncertainty in 2025, both in our world and closer to home, but I’m committed to trying to enjoy life even when things are hard. Choose from A or B:
A) We traveled west over Spring Break and visited Grand Canyon National Park for the first time. We took the opportunity to visit it at sunrise and it was spectacular! Aside from the beautiful views, it was wonderful to learn more about the rich history of the indigenous people who call the Grand Canyon and surrounding areas home.
-For this option, read a book with the MPG Native American(s) or Indigenous
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B) We don’t plan on another big trip for 2025, but are hoping to make a short weekend trip to Minnesota to go to Target Field and see the Minnesota Twins play baseball.
-For this option, read a book with a two word title where each word has the same, or twin, first initial. This includes repeated words.
Examples: Magpie Murders, There There, Finding Flora, The Thrashers, or Red Rising