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Summer Book Club

May 13, 2018 ♦

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Do you ever get an idea in your head and you cannot get it out? You keep thinking about it. You obsess. You stay up all night thinking about it? This is how I was with the summer book club idea. It began when I started reading on Twitter about…

Student-Led Book Club Review: Code of Honor by Alan Gratz

February 9, 2018 ♦

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Student-Led Book Club Review Code of Honor By Alan Gratz I had a very enthusastiac group of 6th graders read Code of Honor for their book club book. This is our discussion after reading the book. There may be spoilers mixed throughout our discussion, so readers beware! (You can read…

Student-Led Book Club Review: Booked by Kwame Alexander

February 9, 2018 ♦

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Student-Led Book Club Review Booked By Kwame Alexander I had a very opinionated and excited group of 6th graders read Booked for their book club book. This is our discussion after reading the book. There may be spoilers mixed throughout our discussion, so readers beware! (You can read more about…

Student-Led Book Club Review: Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

February 9, 2018 ♦

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Student-Led Book Club Review Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix I had a very passionate group of 6th graders read Among the Hidden for their book club book. This is our discussion after reading the book. There are many spoilers mixed throughout our discussion, so readers beware! (You can…

Book Club Discussion: The Raft

February 21, 2017 ♦

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The book club group, Coffee Time Madness, finished The Raft today by S. A. Bodeen. They had mixed feelings, but read below for their full discussion. Summary Robie is an experienced traveler. She’s taken the flight from Honolulu to the Midway Atoll, a group of Pacific islands where her parents…

Book Club Discussion: The Red Pyramid

February 21, 2017 ♦

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The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan Since their mother’s death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for…

Book Club Discussion: Firegirl

February 21, 2017 ♦

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Firegirl by Tony Abbott This poignant novel about a boy’s friendship with a burn victim is perfect for fans of R. J. Palacio’s Wonder From the moment Jessica arrives, life is never quite the same for Tom and his seventh-grade classmates. They learn that Jessica has been in a…

Book Discussion: Skeleton Creek

February 15, 2017 ♦

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The book club group, The Ballers, finished the first book in Patrick Carmen’s series Skeleton Creek. They were immediately intrigued by the videos that went with the book. Here is our discussion after they finished. **spoiler alert! Overall Thoughts AD: 3 Stars. I liked the beginning, it was getting interesting,…

Book Discussion: Invention of Hugo Cabret

January 25, 2017 ♦

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Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick One of my book club groups, The Evil Ones, finished their first group book! It was the Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. Here is our final discussion that we had. These students had such wonderful thoughts and they were so excited…