About: Read the current month’s book selection and then join Mrs. Haake to discuss.
Books: The Media Center will have several copies of the selected title available for students. Students may also get a copy on their own using BCCLS, the public library or any of the ways listed below:
- Electronic copy via Discover Destiny
- Park Ridge Library
- Request via BCCLS (How to)
- Libby app – use a valid library card to listen or read eBook version
- Purchase book
When: Middle School– First Tuesday of the month
When: Teen – Last Tuesday of the month
Time: Each group will meet during its lunch period
Where: Media Center
Middle School Current Selection
A-Okay by Jarad Greene
Meeting: Tuesday, June 6th
A–Okay by Jarad Greene is a vulnerable and heartfelt semi-autobiographical middle grade graphic novel about acne, identity, and finding your place.” — Amazon.com
Teen Current Selection
Three Things I know are True by Betty Culley
Meeting: Tuesday, May 23rd
Five months ago, Liv’s big brother, Jonah, shot himself. It was an accident. He didn’t know that the gun was loaded. But the damage was done. Now he won’t ever be leaving their small mill town like he planned. Jonah can’t speak, can’t walk, can’t take care of himself at all. Their house is full of machines and nurses working around the clock to keep Jonah alive. Liv’s mom is struggling to cope with the aftermath, so Liv ends up being the one to sooth Jonah when he gets agitated, to lie with him when he can’t sleep, and to see the carefree brother she’s sure is still inside him somewhere. Liv hasn’t spoken to Clay, Jonah’s best friend, since the accident, even though he lives just across the street. The gun belonged to Clay’s father, and Clay was with Jonah that terrible day. With Liv’s mom suing Clay’s father, there are lines Liv is not supposed to cross. As their entire community chooses sides, she feels the distance between them growing every day. Liv knows that Clay is nearly as broken as Jonah. She knows his life also changed forever the same moment as Jonah’s. And she refuses to turn away from Clay, just as she refuses to give up on Jonah.
Titles for 2022-23
| Month | Teen | Middle School |
|---|---|---|
| October | These Deadly Games by Urban | Bloom by Oppel |
| November | Two Truths and a Lie by Henry | The Strangers by Haddix |
| December | Things we Know by Heart by Kirby | Just like that by Schmidt |
| January | The year I stopped trying by Heaney | Two Degrees by Gratz |
| February | The Words we Keep by Stewart | Sara and the Search for Normal by King |
| March | The weight of blood by Jackson | I am Princess X by Priest |
| April | We Come Apart by Crossan | A Mango-Shaped Space by Mass |
| May | Three Things I know are True by Betty Culley | Linked by Gordon Korman |
| June | TBA | A-Okay by Jarad Greene |