Books! 3x

Last Friday was the year's first meeting of the high school book club, and was a great success.  Sixteen high school readers attended, and we ended up choosing The Night Circus as the first book of the year, to read for the October gathering.  We also have plans to choose and read a book together with another student club, and have a joint gathering for discussion.

Before taking recommendations and voting for October's book, though, we went around the room with introductions.  Each student gave name and grade, and the title of one (some had trouble picking just one, but that was the rule) book from summer reading that he or she would recommend to the group.  What a list!

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On Monday we had the first meeting of junior high reading club. We followed pretty much the same path -  snacks (always snacks!!), introductions, recommendations.  The student leaders had a list of  proposals for October (The 5th Wave, Like No Other, Say What You Will, Stupid Fast) and after voting, Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern was declared to be our next read.

Here's the list of recommendations compiled by the junior high club members:

Yes, my misspelling of Delirium is captured for posterity. Sigh.

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Lastly, my first booktalk (aka, 'travelling road show') in the junior high was yesterday.  I toted my stuff over to Tony's new ground floor digs, and gave (what I hope were) tantalizing descriptions of 17 Young Adult novels from our collection.  I must have done ok, because all of the starred titles were checked out right away; ones with extra stars have waiting lists!

* Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach

* * * Divided We Fall  by Trent Reedy

* The Living  by Matt de la Peña

* * The Girl in the Steel Corset  by Cady Cross

* The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler

* Eleanor and Park  by Rainbow Rowell

* * Will Grayson Will Grayson  by John Green and David Levithan

* Delirium  by Lauren Olivier

* Deadline  by Chris Crutcher

Wonder  by R. J. Palacio

Black and White by Paul Volponi

The Raven Boys  by Maggie Stiefvater

If You Come Softly  by Jacqueline Woodson

A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life  by Dana Reinhardt

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Creeping with the Enemy  by Kimberly Reid

The Door of No Return  by Sarah Mussi 

 It's good to be back in action.  Reading is FUN!

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