Write a one-page report titled "The Best Book I Read This Year" and enter it in the Boys' Life 2007 "Say Yes to Reading!" contest. The book can be fiction or nonfiction. But the report has to be in your own words—500 words tops. Enter in one of these three age categories:

• 8 years old and younger,

• 9 and 10 years old,

• 11 years and older.

      First-place winners in each age category will receive a $100 gift certificate good for any product in the Boy Scouts Official Retail Catalog.  Second-place winners will receive a $75 gift certificate, and third-place winners a $50 certificate.

      Everyone who enters will get a free patch like the yellow one below.  You must include a business letter-size, stamped (37 cents), self-addressed envelope with their report.(And, yes, the patch is a temporary insignia, so it can be worn on the Boy Scout uniform shirt, on the right pocket.  Proudly display it there or anywhere!)  In coming years, you'll have the opportunity to earn the other patches.

      The contest is open to all Boys' Life readers.  Be sure to include your name, address, age and grade in school on the entry.

      Send reports and stamped return envelopes for the free patch to Boys' Life Reading Contest, S306, P.O. Box 152079, Irving, TX 75015-2079.  Entries must be postmarked by Dec. 31, 2007.