New YA Releases in the Nook

New YA Releases in the Nook
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

NEW MEETING TIMES!!

Due to the large number of members in book club, I have decided to split our meetings up by grade. Seventh and eighth graders will meet the second Thursday of the month as usual, but fifth and sixth graders will now meet the THIRD Thursday of the month. We will keep it this way until further notice. Hopefully this will allow for better discussion!

Sooooooo......

Our next meetings discussing The Hunger Games will be:

Thursday, February 10 for 7th and 8th grade
Friday, February 17 for 5th and 6th grade

May the odds be ever in your favor! :)

Friday, January 14, 2011

Our January Meeting is History!

And history is just what we talked about. We found that many kids were a little out of their comfort zone when reading historical fiction, but for the most part, were glad to be introduced to a book they never would have picked out on their own. We were exposed to what slavery was really like- more than just the surface information we learn from our history textbooks. We had some serious discussion, and then we lightened the mood with a competitive trivia game. We ended the night with some Revolutionary War era "turtle soup." :)

Our next book (voted on by YOU) is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I just started it, and I can honestly say that it is a page-turner!

Our next meeting is Thursday, February 10 from 4:00 to 5:30. Happy reading!