November Grades 5-6 Book Club: Scar Island

For November's Book Club, we read Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart. Anthtony, Ayden, Claire, J.T., Madison, Maida, and Reagan were present. This is what we talked about.


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

-Colin because he's a thief and he's sneaky and he's smart
-Colin because he seems smart (if he got the lisp out of the way) and he would be someone I'd like to hang out with
-Colin because he's smart
-Jonathan because he didn't really need to go to Slabhenge but he took the blame for someone.
-Colin because he steals food
-Jonathan's sister because she didn't have to watch Jonathan go to Scar Island

What do you think of Sebastian:

-I think he felt bad for himself and took it out on others
-he felt like he had to be the leader of everyone
-he's power-hungry and evil and he's cool

Talk a little bit about friendship and loyalty in this story.

-Colin was loyal and a great friend to Jonathan. 

-Jonathan was a good person because he went to save Colin from drowning

-at the end, everyone banded together

Do you think it's realistic that everyone got along at the end, even after everything that happened?

-I don't think so

-it's not realistic because it happened so quickly. Sebastian changed personalities so quickly.

Did you like the author's use of only gradually giving out the details of Jonathan's backstory? Did you get frustrated, wanting to know more about his past?

-I got frustrated

-I kind of liked it as well as hated it

How do you think you would have reacted when all of the adults on the island died? Do you think you would have gone along with Jonathan's/Sebastian's plan? 

-I wouldn't have told anyone. I wouldn't have gone along with Sebastian.

-I would have stayed for another day to see how it went and then saw how it all was.

-I wouldn't be on the island in the first place.

What do you think about the ending of the book? Was it a good conclusion to all of the adventures that the characters had? 

-Nope
-It was a cliffhanger

Do you think that there will be (or should be) a sequel to this book?

-There should be a sequel
-There should be an epilogue to every single book
-An epilogue or sequel might ruin the ending of this book

Please rate this book from 0-5, with 5 being the best:

-One 3

-Five 4s

*The readers were generally upset over the ending and the slow reveal of information and feel like they would have ranked it higher if not for those issues.

  

We will be meeting on Wednesday, December 19 at 3:00 p.m. in order to discuss Greetings from Witness Protection by Jake Burt. 

"Thirteen-year-old Nicki Demere is an orphan and a kleptomaniac, making her the perfect girl to portray the Trevors' daughter in witness protection, but she soon learns that the biggest threat to her new family's security comes from her own past." Please be sure to register for Book Club and to pick up your copy of December's book at the library Circulation Desk.