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In honor of the book Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, we held our own pie eating contest. (How could we not?) Three brave, or maybe just hungry, kids stepped up in the seventh and eighth grade group to compete. Although the girls made a great effort, Dominic and Chad had no trouble defeating the girls by practically licking their pie plates clean after only ONE MINUTE! The champions were awarded a lovely t-shirt. :)

VISIT THE NOOK'S FACEBOOK PAGE TO SEE A VIDEO OF THE PIE-EATING CONTEST!

After the pie eating contest, everyone got to enjoy a slice of delicious pie. But don't worry, we didn't just eat the whole time. We discussed the humorous, yet sad, novel, and we also took part in a Name That Tune Contest since the main character of the book loved music so much.  It was an awesome way to end the Nook year. However, we're not really done. Nooksters wanted to keep meeting during the summer, so we will have meetings in June and July as well.

The next book for seventh and eighth graders is Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell. We will meet on Thursday, June 9 from 3:00 to 5:30. **Note time change. Fifth and sixth graders will be reading The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. We will meet on Thursday, June 16 from 3:30 to 5:30. Books for the summer Nook Club were made available through inter-library loan, so please be EXTRA careful with the books and return them in a timely fashion.

Summer Passport Rules and Regulations

1. Teens ages 12-18 (preferably those going into 6^th-12^th grade) are eligible to participate.
2. Each teen will receive one passport book. No replacements will be issued for lost passport books. If you lose yours, you may keep track of your reading on a piece of paper.
3. You will receive one stamp in your passport book for every 500 pages read. You may only count pages read during the months of June and July, not those read previously. You will keep a running total of pages from all of your books and combine those to get 500 pages. Please do not count table of contents, about the author, index, glossary pages, etc. Only count those pages that tell the actual story. (Just be honest!)
4. All book selections must be checked out from the YOUNG ADULT or ADULT sections of the Maryville Public Library. MAKE SURE THEY ARE YA OR ADULT BEFORE YOU BEGIN. Young Adult books will have a “YA” in the call number. Adult books will simply have an “F” for fiction or a just a Dewey decimal number for nonfiction. Books in our YOUTH section (marked with a small “y”) will NOT be eligible. (Be careful of this. Books such as Mark Twain nominees like The Lightning Thief, for example, are considered youth books. If younger teens, i.e. sixth graders would prefer to read at this level, they may take part in the children’s summer reading program instead of Summer Passport.)
5. For every stamp you receive, you may either choose a small prize OR obtain a raffle ticket to be put into our drawing for larger prizes.
6. You will receive one additional stamp for participating in and completing the book trailer project. There will be an additional award given for the best book trailer.

How to Win a Pie Eating Contest