Maven's Milestones

Impossible Possibilities presents its own book club named “Maven’s Milestones.” Maven, a high-flying, Tasmanian forest raven, embarks on a series of adventures with the students in his club. The mischievous raven cheers the students as they undertake the challenge of becoming official “mavens:” a word that means one who is “dazzlingly skilled.”

Maven’s Milestones consists of a totem pole with four totems, each representing its own milestone.The totems signify levels of achievement: Ascent, Afterburner, Approach and Call Sign Maven.Any student who reaches his or her classroom requirements and completes each milestone is recognized as one who is “dazzlingly skilled" in the art of reading. Each student grows alongside the daring character until he or she takes the helm atop the raven fleet next to Maven.

The incentive-based reading achievement program complements a school's Accelerated Reader curriculum and rewards students for reaching each milestone. If you are a teacher or administrator in the Tarrant or Dallas counties and are interested in implementing the program in your school, please click here for more information.

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Maven The Raven

Maven's Background

Maven’s story begins on a hidden-away island tucked under the coastal shadows of its colossal neighbor Australia. Maven, born into a royal lineage of Tasmanian forest ravens, never experienced the blue-blood lifestyle endowed to him. However, Maven’s parents were forced to make a heartwrenching decision in leaving behind their unborn son due to the fear of a fatal outbreak. Maven’s parents thought they had found the perfect hiding spot, but a pair of indigenous men accidentally stumbled upon the hatchling. The village elders quickly decided to keep the young raven as a sacrifice to the gods. But the cunning youngster escaped his early fate and fled his captors. Maven instinctively flew back to the place of his birth, where he found a red pack sitting next to his broken egg. He opened the small bag and found a piece of bark with a pair of symbols scratched onto the surface, essential clues to the whereabouts of his family. Maven decided to track down the answers, igniting a series of unforgettable adventures.