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:Â 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
Sara and the Search for Normal by Wesley King
Meeting: Tuesday, February 7th
Seventh-grader Sara wants to be normal but her panic attacks and other episodes cause her to isolate herself until, in group therapy, she meets talkative and outgoing Erin, her first friend..
Teen Current Selection
The Words we Keep by Erin Stewart
Meeting: Tuesday, February 28th
When sixteen-year-old Lily Larkin’s older sister, Alice, begins to struggle with her mental health, Lily attempts to keep everything together and perfect, despite her own growing anxiety.
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 | TBA by | 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 | TBA by |
| May | TBA by | TBA by |