March Grades 5-6 Book Club Suggestions by the Members of Book Club

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

The Candymakers by Wendy Mass

The False Prince: The Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer Nielsen

The Iron Trial: Magisterium by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

How to Speak Dolphin by Ginny Rorby

Magyk: Septimus Heap by Angie Sage

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Dragonet Prophecy: Wings of Fire by Tui Sutherland





  

January Grades 5-6 Book Club: The Menagerie by Tui and Kari Sutherland

For January's Book Club, we read The Menagerie by Tui and Kari Sutherland. Andrew, Courtney, Jared, Kelsey, Liam, Owen, Rileigh and Zoe were present. This is what we talked about.

Logan and his dad have moved to a new town and it's been hard for Logan to make friends. How did he he first become involved with Zoe and Blue?

-He crashes into them with his bike.
-He crashes into them and then he finds the griffin under his bed and then Squorp helped him sneak into the menagerie.
-He overheard them talking about having to recapture the griffins.
-He saw them outside his house.

Talk a little bit about friendship in this story. Do you think Zoe's parents asked too much of her to not be friends with Jasmin anymore?

-No, because security is first.
-They are not asking too much. If anyone found out about the menagerie, all the animals would be sent to another menagerie.
-I think that they weren't asking too much because they were good friends but sometimes you have to make tough choices. Do you want friendship or potentially stay alive.
-They aren't asking too much because Zoe even admits that it's her own fault for losing Zoe as a friend.
-Keep your home. Lose your friend.
-A lot of the animals in the Menagerie are in Harry Potter and the Fantastic Beasts books.
-If Zoe stayed friends with Jasmin, that might have caused a trigger memory. 
-Matthew caught Jonathan trying to steal one of the animals. If they had become friends again, a memory might have been triggered.

What did you think about the truth about Logan's mother?

-I was like "how is this possible?"
-I had a sneaking suspicion about it.
-When people kept saying that Logan looked familiar, I had an idea.
-I thought his mom went away. This was a surprise.
-I thought "ahhhhhhhhhh".
-I was surprised.
-I thought she might be a SNAPA agent.

Did you like the ending of the book? Did you like that it ended on a cliffhanger?

-I was surprised because someone had killed the golden goose.
-I despise cliffhangers.
-I was like "wait, why did the goose die again?" I didn't think the goose would die. I thought the phoenix blew himself up again.
-I wasn't surprised. I think she killed herself because she was driven to insanity or I thought someone accidentally left something there and it killed her.
-No, I wanted to know what happened next.
-I think that if Nero did it, there wouldn't be blood. The phoenix didn't leave blood.

If I could be a human character from this book, it would be:

-Matthew because he's a Tracker.
-I would like to be Keiko minus the annoying parts.
-A random living in a house. I wouldn't want to be involved in any of this.
-Zoe because it would be cool to have the whole menagerie.
-Zoe.
-I would like to be Logan because he finds the first griffin cub and he's one of the first people to be allowed in the menagerie outside of the menagerie
-I would want to be Zoe or Logan because of all of the stuff he does with the griffins and Zoe because she lives in the menagerie every day.

If I could be a mythical creature from this book, it would be:

-I would be a griffin because their lives sound like fun.
-I would like to be Squorp.
-I would like to be Riff, the dad griffin.
-Captain Fuzzbutt.
-Flurp.
-A dragon.
-I would like to be Nero because being a phoenix would be awesome.
-The Yeti, Mooncrusher.

Did you like the author's style? With the humor? And the mystery?

-Yes.
-I thought it was okay.

Will you read the rest of the series of these books? The adventures continue...

-Everyone but one will continue with the series.

Please rate this book from 1-5, with 5 being the best:

-.5
-5
-5
-5
-5
-4
-4.5
-4
  

For February's Book Club, we will be reading H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education by Mark Walden. 

Otto Malpense may only be thirteen years old, but so far he has managed to run the orphanage where he lives, and he has come up with a plan clever enough to trick the most powerful man in the country. He is the perfect candidate to become the world's next supervillain.

That is why he ends up at H.I.V.E., handpicked to become a member of the incoming class. The students have been kidnapped and brought to a secluded island inside a seemingly active volcano, where the school has resided for decades. All the kids are elite; they are the most athletic, the most technically advanced, and the smartest in the country. Inside the cavernous marble rooms, floodlit hangars, and steel doors, the students are enrolled in Villainy Studies and Stealth and Evasion 101. But what Otto soon comes to realize is that this is a six-year program, and leaving is not an option.

With the help of his new friends: an athletic martial-arts expert; a world-famous, beautiful diamond thief; and a spunky computer genius -- the only other people who seem to want to leave -- can Otto achieve what has never been done before and break out of H.I.V.E.?

We will be meeting on Wednesday, February 10 at 3:00 p.m. to read H.I.V.E. Please be sure to sign up for Book Club and to pick up your books at the Circulation Desk.

Miss Lisa's February Grades 5-6 Book Club Suggestions

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen’s family takes in Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family.

Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden. The heroism of an entire nation reminds us that there was pride and human decency in the world even during a time of terror and war.


The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.



The Marvels by Brian Selznick

The journey begins on a ship at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage. Nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis runs away from school and seeks refuge with a reclusive uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past.