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Book clubs for 7th and 8th graders
Hi all! I'm new to this wiki, but have been enjoying reading all the great ideas here. I am a school librarian for grades 7 through 12 and want to start a voluntary book club for just the 7th and 8th graders here at my school. So, have any of you been part of a book club of 12, 13, and 14 year olds? Any do's or don'ts? One of my greatest concerns right now is the size. Many of you have said that small groups are better. What if I get 15 to 20 "takers?" Should I enlist the help of another librarian here so we can subdivide the group? Maybe one group would like to read one sort of genre and another set of kids would prefer another. Anyway, I suspect someone out there might have had some experience here. Many thanks!
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Favorite Book Club Books
Here are some recent popular choices by book clubs. Have a favorite? Add it to the list! The Electric Michaelangelo Kafka on th...
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Nov 19 2008, 9:47 PM EST by
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Ready, Set, Liftoff: Books that Ignite Discussion
I think the best books for groups to discuss are those in which the ending is deliberately ambiguous, so that every reader will have a different ...
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Sep 6 2006, 3:23 PM EDT by
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Secrets to a Successful Book Club
What does it take to make a successful book club? What's the best process for picking a book? Do you have a leader for the group, or shou...
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May 16 2007, 10:58 PM EDT by Anonymous
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Starting a Book Club
If you have ideas about how to go about getting a book club started, post them here Craigslist.com is a big search engine that you can use ...
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Feb 12 2007, 7:09 PM EST by
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The End of The Alphabet, a novel
In 119 pages in a pocket size book, CS Richardson's novel about Ambrose Zephyr, an Englishman who fails his annual medical exam due to an "illness of inexplicable origin with neither known nor foreseeable cure," tells the story of the grace and devotion an ordinary couple bring to their situation. WIth 30 days to live, Ambrose and his wife prepare as best one can. An incredibly clever work, with all number of plays on the alphabet (his name is Ambrose Zephyr (A-Z) and hers, Zipper Ashkenazi (Z-A), that teases you with its cleverness and breaks your heart with their devotion to each other.
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Dec 18 2007, 11:41 PM EST by
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The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die
Our book club, composed of women from 30-54 is reading a wonderful book by John Izzo titled The Five Secrets You Must Discover before You Die. Izzo interviewed 250 people from age 60-106 who were identified by others as the "wisest person they knew." The result is a great read that lends itself to passionate discussion secret by secret. It reads like good fiction but is rooted in the lives of these fascinting people (including Izzo himself) from a town barber to teachers, native elders to poets. A must read for book clubs.
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Mar 9 2008, 1:15 PM EDT by
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The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf
Add this novel about growing up in a devout Muslim community in the 1970's in Indianpolis to your 2008 must read list. The novel follows Kandra as she struggles both against American culture and her own devout Muslim community as she seeks to find her place and her religion. Heartbreaking at some points, and enlightening.
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Dec 18 2007, 11:21 PM EST by
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The Shepherd, the Angel and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog
Dave Barry's book is perfect for December book club meetings--something short and fun, but prone to creating lots of discussion. As a member of the 40 something crowd it brought back lots of Christmas memories--especially the photographs. It's small and fits easily in the carry-on for those short plane trips or long car rides.
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Dec 18 2007, 11:28 PM EST by clemmer
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Worst Discussions
Sometimes a book might be a perfectly fine book, but for one reason or another just isn't a good choice for heated discussions. What books fell flat...
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Apr 24 2007, 5:52 AM EDT by
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Your Club's All-Time Favorites
Add to this list! Book club readers really know their books: what they liked, didn't like, and what sparked the best discussions and debates. Nom...
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Aug 15 2007, 5:36 AM EDT by
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