tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75827351801346034802024-03-13T22:04:53.307-07:00Grades 5-6 Book ClubA book club for Jamestown tweens grades 5-6.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-14101852651539743932021-06-17T09:53:00.001-07:002021-06-17T09:53:46.807-07:00June Grades 5 & 6 Book Club: Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2607404&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2607404&size=0" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">For June's Book Club, we read the book </span><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tWINTERBORNE+/twinterborne/1%2C4%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=twinterborne+home+for+vengeance+and+valor&2%2C%2C3" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor</a><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">by Ally Carter.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"> Nicole, Natalie, and Julianna were present. We discussed the following: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">1. How do April, Violet, and Tim arrive at Winterborne House? Who are the other children already in residence at Winterborne House?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">2. Who are Ms. Nelson and Smithers, and how are they connected to Winterborne House?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">3. Who are the Winterbournes? Who is Gabriel? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">4. What role does Uncle Evert play in the story? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">5. How does April find Gabriel Winterborne? How would you describe their relationship? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">6. What do the contents of Ms. Nelson's notebook reveal?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">7. With all its twists and turns, it is sometimes unclear who to trust in this novel. Who are the protagonists? Who are the antagonists? Who were you rooting for?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">8. What is the tone of the narrative? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">9. What is the significance of the key April wears around her neck? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">10. How does the novel end? Will you read book 2?</div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">Rating</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">: on a scale of 1—5 (1 is the lowest; 5 is the highest), what do you rate this book? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">—10 out of 5! </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">—4.5</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">—2.5</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">For </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">July's Book Club</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">, we will be reading:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2470966&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2470966&size=0" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search/?searchtype=t&SORT=D&searcharg=beyond+the+bright+sea&searchscope=1">Beyond the Bright Sea</a> by Lauren Wolk</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px rgb(211, 211, 211); color: #444444; vertical-align: top; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="bibInfoData" style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">"Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift in a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow's only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor across the sandbar. Crow has always been curious about the world around her, but it isn't until the night a mysterious fire appears across the water that the unspoken question of her own history forms in her heart. Soon, an unstoppable chain of events is triggered, leading Crow down a path of discovery and danger." — summary</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">We will be meeting on </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">Wednesday, July 21 at 3:30 PM</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">. Book Club will be held outside on the Swinburne Street side. In the case of inclement weather, Book Club will move indoors. Participants will be notified by noon, the day of, if the location changes. </span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To register, visit the circulation desk or email Miss Colleen at jamlibyouth@gmail.com </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be sure to stop by the library to pick up your copy!</span></div></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-90537657002493780352021-06-15T07:55:00.002-07:002021-06-15T07:55:20.517-07:00July Grades 5 & 6 Book Club Suggestions<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2470966&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2470966&size=0" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tbeyond+the+bright+sea/tbeyond+the+bright+sea/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tbeyond+the+bright+sea&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Beyond the Bright Sea</a> by Lauren Wolk</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px rgb(211, 211, 211); color: #444444; vertical-align: top; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="bibInfoData" style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">"Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift in a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow's only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor across the sandbar. Crow has always been curious about the world around her, but it isn't until the night a mysterious fire appears across the water that the unspoken question of her own history forms in her heart. Soon, an unstoppable chain of events is triggered, leading Crow down a path of discovery and danger." —Summary</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2631518&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="137" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2631518&size=0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=spindlefish+and+stars&searchscope=1&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tspindelfish+and+stars">Spindlefish and Stars</a> by Christiane H. Andrews</div><div><br /></div><div><div>"Clothilde has lived her whole life in the shadows with her (sometimes) thieving and (always) ailing father. But when he fails to meet her one morning, sending her instead, a mysterious ticket of half-passage, Clo finds herself journeying across the sea to reunite with him. The ticket, however, leaves her on a sunless island inhabited only by creaking fishermen, a rumpled old woman, a piggish cat, and a moon-cheeked boy named Cary.</div><div><br /></div><div>Clo is quickly locked away and made to spend her days in unnerving chores with the island's extraordinary fish, while the old woman sits nearby weaving an endless gray tapestry. Frustrated and aching with the loss of her father, Clo must unravel the mysteries of the island and all that's hidden in the vast tapestry's threads -- secrets both exquisite and terrible. And she must decide how much of herself to give up in order to save those she thought she'd lost forever." —Summary</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2634637&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2634637&size=0" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tpremeditated+myrtle/tpremeditated+myrtle/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tpremeditated+myrtle+a+myrtle+hardcastle+mystery&1%2C1%2C">Premeditated Myrtle: A Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery</a> by Elizabeth C. Bunce</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">"Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. Armed with her father's law books and her mum's microscope, Myrtle studies toxicology, keeps abreast of the latest developments in crime scene analysis, and Observes her neighbors in the quiet village of Swinburne, England.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">When her next-door neighbor, a wealthy spinster and eccentric breeder of rare flowers, dies under Mysterious Circumstances, Myrtle seizes her chance. With her unflappable governess, Miss Ada Judson, by her side, Myrtle takes it upon herself to prove Miss Wodehouse was murdered and find the killer, even if nobody else believes her—not even her father, the town prosecutor." —Summary</div></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-81602940760525802082021-05-19T14:02:00.001-07:002021-05-19T14:06:25.736-07:00May Grades 5 & 6 Book Club: Guts <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2585312&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="139" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2585312&size=0" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">For May's Book Club, we read the book </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S50?/tguts/tguts/1%2C4%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tguts&2%2C%2C4">Guts</a> </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">by Raina Telgemeier. Nicole, Natalie, and Julianna were present. We used questions from the </span><a href="https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Guts-Discussion-Guide.pdf" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;" target="_blank">Scholastic Discussion Guide</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"> to begin our conversation. They are as follows:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">1. A lot of the story of Guts happens inside Raina’s mind—describing what she’s thinking and what she’s not saying. How do you get a peek inside Raina’s thoughts? How does she learn to say things out loud?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">2. Some people hold their breath when they get anxious or angry and don’t notice it until they feel out of breath. Others clench their hands into fists when they are upset, or tap their toes when they’re nervous. How do your feelings affect the ways you move and feel in your own body?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">3. In Guts, Raina’s fears tend to build on each other—if something bad happens once, she’s scared it will happen again and does everything she can to avoid</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">recreating the same sequence of events. Why does she think that avoiding things will stop her anxieties? Does it help? What makes her realize that it isn’t working or worth what she’s giving up?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">4. Throughout Guts, Raina tries new foods—some that she likes and others that she finds gross. What are some foods that you love to eat? Are there any that you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">dislike? Were you ever surprised to enjoy something you thought you wouldn’t like?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">5. Deep breathing and feeling rooted to the ground help Raina when she feels anxious. Do you have any favorite techniques for calming yourself down? Have you ever shared them with your friends to see if your method might help those around you?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">6. Sometimes talking about your fears and anxieties can be intimidating and scary, even if it’s to a trusted adult or your best friend. How did Raina overcome her reluctance to tell others about her situation?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">7. Mr. Abrams tells Raina to try to be nice to Michelle because “everyone is fighting a hard battle.” What do you think this means? Have you ever found it difficult to get along with someone? How does Raina come to understand Michelle and settle their differences?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">8. Raina doesn’t tell her friends about going to therapy until almost the end of Guts, but when she does, she realizes that she’s not alone in seeking help to make her feel better mentally and physically. Why do you think she felt like she had to keep it a secret? How do you handle the fear of what other people will think about you? How have you decided to be brave and honest about something others may think is weird or a weakness?</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">Rating</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">: on a scale of 1—5 (1 is the lowest; 5 is the highest), what do you rate this book? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">4.5 </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">4.75</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">4.75</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">For </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">June's Book Club</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">, we will be reading:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2607404&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2607404&size=0" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tWINTERBORNE+/twinterborne/1%2C4%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=twinterborne+home+for+vengeance+and+valor&2%2C%2C3" target="_blank">Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor</a> by Ally Carter</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>"April didn't mean to start the fire. She wasn't the one who broke the vase. April didn't ask to go live in a big, creepy mansion with a bunch of orphans who just don't understand that April isn't like them. After all, April's mother is coming back for her someday very soon.</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">All April has to do is find the clues her mother left inside the massive mansion. But Winterborne House is hiding more than one secret, so April and her friends are going to have to work together to unravel the riddle of a missing heir, a creepy legend, and a mysterious key before the only home they've ever known is lost to them forever." —Summary</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We will be meeting on <b>Wednesday, June 16 at 3:30 PM</b>. Book Club will be held outside on the Swinburne Street side. In the case of inclement weather, Book Club may be moved indoors. Participants will be notified by noon, the day of, if the location changes. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To register, visit the circulation desk or email Miss Colleen at jamlibyouth@gmail.com </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be sure to stop by the library to pick up your copy!</span></div></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-65982592370001586582021-05-18T09:46:00.003-07:002021-05-18T09:54:25.507-07:00June Grades 5 & 6 Book Club Suggestions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2470966&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2470966&size=0" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tbeyond+the+bright+sea/tbeyond+the+bright+sea/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tbeyond+the+bright+sea&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Beyond the Bright Sea</a> by Lauren Wolk</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px rgb(211, 211, 211); color: #444444; vertical-align: top; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="bibInfoData" style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">"Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift in a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow's only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor across the sandbar. Crow has always been curious about the world around her, but it isn't until the night a mysterious fire appears across the water that the unspoken question of her own history forms in her heart. Soon, an unstoppable chain of events is triggered, leading Crow down a path of discovery and danger." — summary</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2607404&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2607404&size=0" /></a></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tthe+winterborne/twinterborne/1%2C4%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=twinterborne+home+for+vengeance+and+valor&2%2C%2C3/indexsort=-" target="_blank">The Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor</a> by Ally Carter</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div>"April didn't mean to start the fire. She wasn't the one who broke the vase. April didn't ask to go live in a big, creepy mansion with a bunch of orphans who just don't understand that April isn't like them. After all, April's mother is coming back for her someday very soon.</div><div><br /></div><div>All April has to do is find the clues her mother left inside the massive mansion. But Winterborne House is hiding more than one secret, so April and her friends are going to have to work together to unravel the riddle of a missing heir, a creepy legend, and a mysterious key before the only home they've ever known is lost to them forever." — summary</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2631518&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="137" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2631518&size=0" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=spindlefish+and+stars&searchscope=1&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tspindelfish+and+stars">Spindlefish and Stars</a> by Christiane H. Andrews</div><div><br /></div><div><div>"Clothilde has lived her whole life in the shadows with her (sometimes) thieving and (always) ailing father. But when he fails to meet her one morning, sending her instead a mysterious ticket of half-paffage, Clo finds herself journeying across the sea to reunite with him. The ticket, however, leaves her on a sunless island inhabited only by creaking fishermen, a rumpled old woman, a piggish cat, and a moon-cheeked boy named Cary.</div><div><br /></div><div>Clo is quickly locked away and made to spend her days in unnerving chores with the island's extraordinary fish, while the old woman sits nearby weaving an endless gray tapestry. Frustrated and aching with the loss of her father, Clo must unravel the mysteries of the island and all that's hidden in the vast tapestry's threads -- secrets both exquisite and terrible. And she must decide how much of herself to give up in order to save those she thought she'd lost forever." — summary</div></div></span></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-33601411395562595612021-04-22T10:05:00.001-07:002021-04-22T10:05:16.286-07:00April's Grades 5–6 Book Club: Chains<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2072699&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2072699&size=0" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">National Book Award Finalist</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">For April's Book Club, we read the book <i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tchains/tchains/1%2C30%2C81%2CB/frameset&FF=tchains&12%2C%2C31">Chains</a></i> by Laurie Halse Anderson. Rileigh was present. Here are some of the things we discussed: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">1. Isabel and Ruth Finch are slaves. How are their lives similar to what you have learned about slavery in the United States? How are their lives different? What does freedom mean to you?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">2. This is a work of Historical Fiction. What year does this novel take place? What is happening in the US colonies at this time?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">3. The book begins with the passing of Miss Mary Finch. How did Miss Mary Finch's view of slavery differ from her nephew, Mr. Robert's? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">4. Why did people like Pastor weeks believe teaching a slave to read would only lead to trouble? Towards the end of the novel, the bookseller gives Isabel a book. What book is it? How does it give Isabel courage?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">5. What does Mr. Robert do with Isabel and Ruth? Do you think it is important to know Isabel and Ruth are from Rhode Island, that Rhode Island was her home?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">6. Isabel and Ruth's new owners are Loyalists. What does this mean? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">7. Who is Curzon? How would you describe him? What offer does he make to Isabel? How does their relationship evolve throughout the novel? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">8. Who is Lady Seymour? Describe her relationship with Isobel. How does Lady Seymour's treatment of slaves differ from Madam's?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">9. Why does Madam have Isabel branded with an I? What word does it represent?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">10. On page 182, Isabel says "I was chained between two nations." What does she mean by this? How does this relate to the title of the novel?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">11. Isabel has several names throughout the novel. What are they? Why are names important? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">12. What happens to Ruth? How far would you go to protect a family member or a loved one? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">Last Question: Did you learn anything new about the role of slavery during the American Revolution? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">Rating</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">: on a scale of 1—5 (1 is the lowest; 5 is the highest), what do you rate this book? Would you recommend it? Do you want to read the rest of the trilogy? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">4 out of 5 was our average rating. We do recommend this book, but we think it is important for kids to have some understanding of slavery and the American Revolution before reading it. We are going to read the rest of the trilogy on our own. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">For </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">May's Book Club</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">, we will be reading <i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tguts/tguts/1%2C39%2C71%2CB/frameset&FF=tguts&5%2C%2C16" target="_blank">Guts</a> </i>by Raina Telgemeier:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2585312&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="139" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2585312&size=0" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">"Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on?" — (Source of summary not specified)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We will be meeting on <b>Wednesday, May 19 at 3:30 PM</b>. Book Club will be held outside—under the trees on the Swinburne Street side. Masks are required, and social distancing will be practiced. In the case of inclement weather, Book Club may be moved indoors or via Zoom. Participants will be notified by noon, the day of, if the location changes. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To register, visit the circulation desk or email Miss Colleen at jamlibyouth@gmail.com </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be sure to stop by the library to pick up your copy!</span></div></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-38949694920402993342021-04-19T11:27:00.000-07:002021-04-19T11:27:24.701-07:00May's Grades 5–6 Book Club Suggestions<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2167592&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="134" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2167592&size=0" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sequel to <i>Chains</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/aanderson%2C+laurie+halse/aanderson+laurie+halse/1%2C1%2C113%2CB/frameset&FF=aanderson+laurie+halse&30%2C%2C113/indexsort=-">Forge</a> (Book #2: Seeds of America) by Laurie Halse Anderson</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more." — Summary </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2585312&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="139" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2585312&size=0" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h1 style="hyphens: manual !important; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px 0px 0.67em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Double Eisner-Award Winner</span></span></h1></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S50?/tguts/tguts/1%2C4%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tguts&2%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Guts</a> by Raina Telgemeier</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on?" — Summary</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2470966&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2470966&size=0" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tbeyond+the+bright+sea/tbeyond+the+bright+sea/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tbeyond+the+bright+sea&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Beyond the Bright Sea</a> by Lauren Wolk</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px rgb(211, 211, 211); color: #444444; vertical-align: top; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="bibInfoData" style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift in a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow's only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor across the sandbar. Crow has always been curious about the world around her, but it isn't until the night a mysterious fire appears across the water that the unspoken question of her own history forms in her heart. Soon, an unstoppable chain of events is triggered, leading Crow down a path of discovery and danger." — Summary</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-4080807248373887792021-03-23T08:32:00.000-07:002021-03-23T08:32:26.501-07:00March Grades 5-6 Book Club: I Can Make This Promise<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2589442&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="134" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2589442&size=0" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">For March's Book Club, we read the book</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/ti+can+make+this+promise/ti+can+make+this+promise/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=ti+can+make+this+promise&1%2C%2C6">I Can Make This Promise </a>by Christine Day.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> Julianna and Natalie </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">were present. This is some of what we discussed, with discussion prompts from the author. However, we to veered off from these questions because we got so into talking about specific parts of the book! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After finding the box
in the attic, Edie asks her parents, “Why am I Edith?” and “Where did my name
come from?” (pg. 49) What is the story behind Edie’s name? By the end of the
book, how does she feel about her name?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why are our individual
names important? How do our names connect us to the places and people we come
from? What is the story behind your own name?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“The recognition dawns
on me slowly. I do know this landscape. I do know this place.” (pg. 236) What
are some significant locations throughout this story? What are the histories
behind these places? How do these histories impact Edie’s journey? How do these
settings connect Edie to the other characters? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Edie and her family
live in ancestral Suquamish and Duwamish territories (Seattle, Washington). Who
are the Native peoples of the area where you live? Did they sign any treaties?
What happened to them in the past? What are they up to now? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“There are countless
tribal nations throughout this land.” (pg. 187) How many federally recognized
tribes currently exist within the United States of America? Does this number
accurately represent the diversity of Native peoples? Why or why not? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In one of her letters,
Edith Graham writes: “I must admit, I’m homesick. It’s lonely being the only
Indian woman around.” (p. 143) Do other characters feel lonely throughout this
book? Can you identify any patterns or similarities between their moments of
loneliness? Christine Day Discussion Guide HarperStacks.com Guide created by
the author. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In contrast, where are
the moments of joy and triumph? When do the characters feel hopeful? Can you
identify any patterns or similarities between these moments of happiness? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Over the course of this
novel, Edie’s friendships change. Take a moment to reflect on her relationships
with Amelia, Serenity, Libby, and Roger. What is the nature of Edie’s
relationship with each person? How are these characters significant to Edie’s
growth? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Who is Bruno? How does
Bruno’s journey change and evolve alongside Edie’s? Are there any connections
between his story and Edith Graham’s? Are there connections between Bruno and
Edie’s mom? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">How does Edie’s
identity as an artist change over the course of the book? What are her main
sources of inspiration? Do you think her artwork is influenced by her identity
as a biracial Native (Duwamish/Suquamish) girl? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What is the Indian
Child Welfare Act of 1978? Why is this piece of legislature so vital to tribal
nations, families, and communities? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Take a moment to
reflect on the prologue and epilogue: “Where are you from?” and “Where are you
going?” What is the significance of these chapter titles? How do they relate to
Edie’s coming-of-age arc? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why do you think the
author chose the title: I Can Make This Promise? What is the main promise Edie
makes in this story? How does she fulfill this promise in the book? How might
she honor it in the future? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Make your own promise.
Reflect on the people, places, memories, and experiences that are most important
to you. What can you do to fulfill this promise right now? How might you honor
your promise in the future?</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please rate this book between a 1 and a 5, with 1 being one of the worst books you've ever read, 3 being average and 5 being one of the best books you've read!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-4</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-4 1/2<span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For April's Book Club, we will b</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>e meeting on Wednesday, April 21 at 3:30 p.m. via Zoom.</span><span> We will be reading <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/aAnderson%2C+Laurie+Halse./aanderson+laurie+halse/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aanderson+laurie+halse&15%2C%2C114">Chains</a></span><span><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/aAnderson%2C+Laurie+Halse./aanderson+laurie+halse/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aanderson+laurie+halse&15%2C%2C114"> </a>by Laurie Halse Anderson.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px rgb(211, 211, 211); color: #444444; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.1184px; vertical-align: top; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="bibInfoData" style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>"After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War."- summary</i></span></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br />Please be sure to register for Book Club so Miss Colleen can send you the Zoom link on the day of our session!</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-75832646210111360932021-02-17T13:44:00.001-08:002021-03-17T12:21:31.705-07:00February Grades 5-6 Book Club: The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2554062&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="129" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2554062&size=0" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">For February's Book Club, we read the book</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tremarkable+journey+of/tremarkable+journey+of/1%2C4%2C7%2CB/exact&FF=tremarkable+journey+of+coyote+sunrise&1%2C4%2C/indexsort=-">The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise</a> by Dan Gemeinhart</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> Cooper, Julianna, Natalie, Nicole, and Rileigh </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">were present. This is what we discussed, with discussion prompts from the publisher!</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Coyote says that this story begins when she meets Ivan—even though her adoption of
Ivan is long before she ever thinks about going home. Why do you think this is where
Coyote decides to start her story? What does Ivan mean to her?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Coyote spends a lot of time telling us about her memories. Why are memories important?
How do memories play a part in your life, which memories hold strong significance for you? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Each of the characters that join Coyote and Rodeo on their journey have a problem or
situation that they are trying to overcome. How do their journeys affect each other, and
what lessons do you think they learn from meeting and traveling with one another? </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Salvador is Coyote’s first friend since she lost her sisters. Why is Coyote able to get close to
Salvador in a way that she was never able to get close to anyone else? How are Coyote
and Salvador similar? How are they different? Why are friendships so important? </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rodeo and Coyote have a close father-daughter bond, but there is still a lot they have
trouble talking about. Why do you think some things are hard to talk about even with loved
ones? </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One of the things that Coyote and Rodeo like to do is ask each other for a “once upon a
time.” Why do you think they do this? Why are stories so powerful? </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Goodbyes are hard for everyone; Coyote just avoids them altogether. How do you deal with
goodbyes? Have you ever had to say a hard goodbye? How did you deal with it? </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Many promises are made throughout the novel by the characters. What are some of the
promises made and why? Why is it important to keep promises and when is it
right to break a promise? </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What are the no-go’s in Rodeo and Coyote’s life? Why do you think they’re off-limits? What
changes by the end of the book? </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rodeo calls Coyote his compass because she guides all his decisions. What guides your
decisions, and why? </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you lived on Yager, what three questions would you ask someone before letting them on?
Who would you bring along on a road trip?</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please rate this book between a 1 and a 5, with 1 being one of the worst books you've ever read, 3 being average and 5 being one of the best books you've read!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-One 3</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Two 5s</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For March's Book Club, we will b</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">e meeting on Wednesday, March 17 at 3:30 p.m. via Zoom.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> We will be reading </span><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/ti+can+make+this+promise/ti+can+make+this+promise/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=ti+can+make+this+promise&1%2C%2C6" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I Can Make This Promise</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> by Christine Day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">"When twelve-year-old Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother's adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family's history and her own identity." - summary</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please be sure to register for Book Club so Miss Lisa can send you the Zoom link on the day of our session!</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-56574443237629729492021-02-17T11:40:00.002-08:002021-02-17T11:40:54.573-08:00March Grades 5-6 Book Club Suggestions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2072699&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2072699&size=0" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tchains/tchains/1%2C30%2C81%2CB/frameset&FF=tchains&12%2C%2C31/indexsort=-">Chains </a><span>by Laurie Halse Anderson</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first, but when the unthinkable happens to Ruth, Isabel realizes her loyalty is available to the bidder who can provide her with freedom.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1958876&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="142" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1958876&size=0" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tlife+as+we+knew+it/tlife+as+we+knew+it/1%2C1%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=tlife+as+we+knew+it&3%2C%2C9/indexsort=-">Life as We Knew It</a> by Susan Beth Pfeffer</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A meteor is going to hit the moon, and 16-year-old Miranda, like the rest of her family and neighbors in rural Pennsylvania, intends to watch it from the comfort of a lawn chair in her yard. But the event is not the benign impact predicted. The moon is knocked closer to Earth, setting off a chain of horrific occurrences: tsunamis, earthquakes, and, later, volcanic eruptions that disrupt life across the planet. Written in the form of Miranda's diary, this disquieting and involving story depicts one family's struggle to survive in a world where food, warmth, and well-being disappear in the blink of an eye.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1937526&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="139" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1937526&size=0" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/trules/trules/1%2C251%2C441%2CB/frameset&FF=trules&18%2C%2C27/indexsort=-">Rules </a>by Cynthia Lord<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public" -- in order to head off David's embarrassing behaviors.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, new sort-of friend, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-75824900068114461082021-01-20T13:37:00.000-08:002021-01-20T13:37:49.113-08:00January Grades 5-6 Book Club: The Thing About Jellyfish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1439121354l/24396876._SX318_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1439121354l/24396876._SX318_.jpg" width="138" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">For January's Book Club, we read the book</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tthing+about+jellyfish/tthing+about+jellyfish/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tthing+about+jellyfish&2%2C%2C6">The Thing About Jellyfish</a> by Ali Benjamin</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> Cooper, Julianna, Natalie, Nicole, and Rileigh </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">were present. This is what we discussed, with discussion prompts from the publisher!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Suzy acknowledges that before the Worst Thing, she used to chatter, what Suzy calls constant-talking.
Why do you think she does this? Have you ever been in a situation where you chattered? If so, why do you
think you did? </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Do you think Suzy’s reason for not-talking is exactly what she says it is? Are there other reasons she
might have stopped talking? Has there ever been a time when you felt you couldn’t speak, or when you
refused to talk? What was the result of not-talking? </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Do you think Suzy is a good friend to Franny? Is Franny a good friend to Suzy? What makes someone a
good friend? What makes someone a bad one? </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Is there a difference between teasing and bullying? Where do you think people should draw the line? Do
you think Suzy was bullied? Was Franny? </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Why does Suzy do the Worst Thing? Do you think her actions are justified? Why or why not? </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Mrs. Turton says that sometimes we learn more from our failures than our successes. What were Suzy’s
failures? What did she learn from them? Have you ever learned from a failure? If so, when? Even though
Suzy didn’t make it to Australia, do you think she experienced other successes by the end of the novel? </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Franny’s mother tells Suzy that one of the things Franny always admired about Suzy was that she “never
cared what anyone else thought.” Is this observation true? Why or why not? Do you find this quality
admirable in others? Do you think you have this quality? </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Suzy’s mother tells her that “sometimes things just happen,” and that they don’t always make sense to
us. Do you believe things in your life happen by chance, or by fate? </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What do you think jellyfish represent in this book? Why do you think the author found jellyfish to be such
a strongly symbolic creature that connects to Suzy’s story? </b></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Rank this book from 1-5.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />-One 3</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Two 3 1/2</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-One 4</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Our next Book Club will be held on Wednesday, February 17 at 3:30 p.m. We will be meeting via Zoom. We will be reading <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tcoyote+sunrise/tcoyote+sunrise/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tcoyote+sunrise&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise</a> by Dan Gemeinhart. </span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation. It's also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash. Coyote hasn't been home in all that time, but when she learns that the park in her old neighborhood is being demolished---the very same park where she, her mom, and her sisters buried a treasured memory box---she devises an elaborate plan to get her dad to drive 3,600 miles back to Washington state in four days...without him realizing it. Along the way, they'll pick up a strange crew of misfit travelers. Lester has a lady love to meet. Salvador and his mom are looking to start over. Val needs a safe place to be herself. And then there's Gladys... Over the course of thousands of miles, Coyote will learn that going home can sometimes be the hardest journey of all...but that with friends by her side, she just might be able to turn her "once upon a time" into a "happily ever after."</i>"</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please be sure to register for book club via email (jamlibkids@gmail.com) or call 423-7280. Miss Lisa will get a copy of the book to you. You also need to register so that Miss Lisa can send you the Zoom link and password the day of Book Club!</span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-69105378827096223852020-12-16T13:46:00.002-08:002020-12-16T13:46:21.588-08:00December Grades 5-6 Book Club: 24 Hours in Nowhere<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2540871&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="133" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2540871&size=0" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">For December's Book Club, we read the book</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/t24+hours+in+nowhere/t++++++24+hours+in+nowhere/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=t++++++24+hours+in+nowhere&1%2C%2C3" style="font-style: italic;">24 Hours in Nowhere</a> by Dusti Bowling</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> Julianna, Lucy, Natalie, Nicole, and Rileigh </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">were present. This is what we discussed!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1. The home lives of the four main characters are all very
different. Which one do you think is most like your home life? Why?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>2. Why do you think Bo is a bully? What do you think you
should do when you see someone being bullied?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>3. What do you think Rossi means when she asks Gus if he’s
going to let someone else’s actions define who he is? Has anyone ever made you
feel bad about yourself? How do you handle those feelings?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>4. What examples of teamwork can you find in the story? Do
you think any of the four characters could have survived if they’d been alone?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>5. Why are Gus, Rossi, Jessie, and Matthew so poor? Have
they made choices that have caused their poverty?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>6. Rossi collects scrap metal from the desert and sells it
to the scrap yard so she can maintain her dirt bike. Do you have to pay for any
of your own things? If so, how do you earn the money to pay for them?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>7. Do you think people look down on others due to their
poverty? How do you view others who have less than you?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>8. The story is told in the first person, from Gus’s point
of view. How do you think the story would change if it were told from Rossi’s,
Jessie’s, or Matthew’s points of view? What if it were told from Bo’s point of
view?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>9. Can you find an example in the story of a time when Gus,
Rossi, Jessie, and Matthew each sacrifice something to help someone?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>10. Gus often uses humor when talking about his living
situation. Why do you think he does this?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>11. Why does Gus believe acing the SAT is his only way to
get into college? What does this reveal about the extra challenges people face
when they are born into poverty? What do you think it means to be born with
privilege?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>12. Think about the setting the author has chosen. How does
it affect the way you read the story?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>13. Why do you think the author chose to tell the story in
an hour-by-hour format?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>14. The Gus we meet at the beginning of the story is
different from the Gus at the end. How is he the same, and how has he changed?
How have the other characters changed?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>15. How do the relationships between the four main
characters change from the time they enter the mine to when they finally make
it out of the cave? What do you think caused these changes?</b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>Rank this book from 1-5.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />-Two 3s</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-One 3 1/2</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-One 4 1/2</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-One 5</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Our next Book Club will be held on Wednesday, January 20 at 3:30 p.m. We will be meeting via Zoom. We will be reading </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tthing+about+jellyfish/tthing+about+jellyfish/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tthing+about+jellyfish&2%2C%2C6" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Thing About Jellyfish</a><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">by Ali Benjamin</span></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy must have been a rare jellyfish sting--things don't just happen for no reason. Retreating into a silent world of imagination, she crafts a plan to prove her theory--even if it means traveling the globe, alone. Suzy's achingly heartfelt journey explores life, death, the astonishing wonder of the universe...and the potential for love and hope right next door."</span></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please be sure to register for book club via email (jamlibkids@gmail.com) or call 423-7280. Miss Lisa will get a copy of the book to you. You also need to register so that Miss Lisa can send you the Zoom link and password the day of Book Club!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-90542729894438327852020-12-16T08:32:00.003-08:002020-12-16T08:32:21.971-08:00January 2021 Grades 5-6 Book Club Suggestions<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S50?/XRIMSBA+2020&searchscope=50&SORT=D/XRIMSBA+2020&searchscope=50&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBKEY=RIMSBA+2020/1%2C45%2C45%2CB/frameset&FF=XRIMSBA+2020&searchscope=50&SORT=D&34%2C34%2C">The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise </a>by Dan Gemeinhart</span></p><p><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Five years.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">It's also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Coyote hasn’t been home in all that time, but when she learns that the park in her old neighborhood is being demolished―the very same park where she, her mom, and her sisters buried a treasured memory box―she devises an elaborate plan to get her dad to drive 3,600 miles back to Washington state in four days...without him realizing it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Along the way, they'll pick up a strange crew of misfit travelers. Lester has a lady love to meet. Salvador and his mom are looking to start over. Val needs a safe place to be herself. And then there's Gladys...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Over the course of thousands of miles, Coyote will learn that going home can sometimes be the hardest journey of all...but that with friends by her side, she just might be able to turn her “once upon a time” into a “happily ever after.”</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1937526&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="139" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1937526&size=0" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/trules/trules/1%2C251%2C441%2CB/frameset&FF=trules&18%2C%2C27/indexsort=-">Rules </a>by Cynthia Lord<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public" -- in order to head off David's embarrassing behaviors.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, new sort-of friend, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2402576&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="127" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2402576&size=0" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tthing+about+jellyfish/tthing+about+jellyfish/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tthing+about+jellyfish&2%2C%2C6">The Thing About Jellyfish</a> by Ali Benjamin</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy must have been a rare jellyfish sting--things don't just happen for no reason. Retreating into a silent world of imagination, she crafts a plan to prove her theory--even if it means traveling the globe, alone. Suzy's achingly heartfelt journey explores life, death, the astonishing wonder of the universe...and the potential for love and hope right next door.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-86700495430855251662020-12-16T08:12:00.000-08:002020-12-16T08:12:07.217-08:00November Grades 5-6 Book Club: The War I Finally Won<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2488892&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2488892&size=0" /></a></div><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">For November's Book Club, we read the book</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><i style="color: #222222;">The War I Finally Won</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> Cooper, Dylan, Mark, Rileigh, and Sarah</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">were present. This is what we discussed!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>In
chapter 1, Ada tells the reader “You can know things all you like, but that
doesn’t mean you believe them.” (pp. 1) What do you think this phrase might
mean? </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“Eleven
years into the war between the rest of the world and me.” (pp. 2) The rest of
the world is at war with each other but Ada is at war with the rest of the
world. Why is Ada at war with the world? Why does she have a negative
relationship with the world? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“Lady
Thorton could upset just about anyone. When I’d first met her, before I knew
her name, I called her the iron-faced woman. She was sharp like an ax.” (pp. 5)
How are Ada’s initial judgments of Lady Thorton proven wrong? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“I
would have to think hard to find any good memories.” (pp. 26) In the early
chapters of the novel, Ada is reflecting on the end of her relationship with
her mother. Based on Ada’s emotions and reflections, what kind of relationship
did Ada have with her mother? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“I
sat in front of the fire and practiced breathing, in and out, to keep myself
calm.” (pp. 75) Ada struggles throughout the story with her emotions. In what
ways does she learn to manage her emotions? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“It
made me feel calmer that the food was so bad.” (pp. 85) Christmas is a
difficult time for Ada. Why does she find it difficult to enjoy nice things?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“I
needed a doll a long time ago,” I said. “It’s too late for me to have one
now.”’ (pp. 93) What purpose do dolls have in a child’s life? Why is it too
late for Ada to have a doll? What might the doll symbolize? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“Oban
had a grace and elegance Butter could never touch. It was like the difference
between the Honorable Margaret Thorton and me.” (pp. 101) Is it important to
consider the personalities of the horses and ponies in the book? How do the
personalities of the horses reflect the personalities of the humans in the
book? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“Education
is a luxury in war-time. Jonathan left Oxford to fight. I do not see why this
girl’s education should be ahead of his.” (pp. 127) Do you agree with Lady
Thorton? Should Ruth still be entitled to an education when Jonathan and other
men are away fighting in war? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“I’ll
tell the boys at the airfield about you. You’ll give them courage, you will.”
(pp. 235) Why does Ada’s story inspire Jonathan? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“I
don’t think I’d better share the details. But I can say that we’re learning
things about Hitler, and what he’s doing in Europe, to capture civilians and
even to his own countrymen, that make this war seem extremely necessary. More
than necessary. Right.” (pp. 375) Using the appendix to guide you, what job
with the army did Lord Thorton do at Bletchley Park during the war?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“Ruth
needs horses the way I needed horses.” (pp. 281) Why do Ruth and Ada need
horses? What effect does horse-riding have on the girls?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“So
your mother was a monster. It doesn’t mean mine is. It doesn’t mean Lady
Thorton is.” Ruth prodded me with her foot. “People are complicated. You,
yourself, are not the easiest person to love. But you are still my sister.”
(pp. 316) How does Ada’s relationship with her birth mother impact the way she
views other maternal figures in her life? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Why
does Ada travel back to her old home at Elsa Street with Lady Thorton? Why is
it significant that she visits her old home? What does this communicate to the
reader about her physical and emotional journey? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>In
the novel, Ada has a fascination with learning new words and their definitions.
She becomes quite upset when Jamie begins to call Susan ‘Mum’ despite at the
end of the novel, Ada also calls Susan ‘Mum’. How do you think Ada’s personal
definition of a ‘Mum’ changes over the course of the novel? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Can
Mam ever be forgiven for her treatment of Ada and Jamie? Like Ada and Jamie, is
she too a victim of her circumstances? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“You’re
eleven years old,” Susan said. “You get to be the child now, Ada, for once in
your life. I will be the adult.”’ (pp. 92) What are the roles and responsibilities
of children and adults? Should there be different expectations for different
age types? Or should expectations be leveled with a person’s maturity and
experience? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>Rank this book from 1-5.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b><br />-Two 4.5</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-5</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Our next Book Club will be held on Wednesday, December 16 at 3:00 p.m. We will be meeting via Zoom. <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/t24+hours+in+nowhere/t++++++24+hours+in+nowhere/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=t++++++24+hours+in+nowhere&1%2C%2C3">24 Hours in Nowhere</a> by Dusti Bowling.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">"</span></span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least livable town in the United States. For Gus, a bright 13-year-old with dreams of getting out and going to college, life there is made even worse by Bo Taylor, Nowhere's biggest, baddest bully. When Bo tries to force Gus to eat a dangerously spiny cactus, Rossi Scott, one of the best racers in Nowhere, comes to his rescue--but in return she has to give Bo her prized dirt bike. Determined to buy it back, Gus agrees to go searching for gold in Dead Frenchman Mine, joined by his old friends Jessie Navarro and Matthew Dufort, and Rossi herself. As they hunt for treasure, narrowly surviving everything from cave-ins to mountain lions, they bond over shared stories of how hard life in Nowhere is--and they realize this adventure just may be their way out.</span><i style="background-color: white; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">"</i></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please be sure to pick up your copy of the book and register at the Circulation Desk so that Miss Lisa can send you the Zoom link and password the day of Book Club!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-2644429415649196262020-10-22T10:17:00.005-07:002020-10-22T10:19:01.387-07:00October Grades 5-6 Book Club: The War That Saved My Life<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tK2j5SiQiE8/X48nZWlzwOI/AAAAAAAAAwc/wYF-JBMNRncDromgJJNJMrfLJoi8F91QACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="130" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tK2j5SiQiE8/X48nZWlzwOI/AAAAAAAAAwc/wYF-JBMNRncDromgJJNJMrfLJoi8F91QACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="156" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">For October's Book Club, we read the book</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><i style="color: #222222;">The War That Saved My Life</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> Christopher, Cooper, Mark, Rileigh, and Sarah</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">were present. This is what we discussed, with suggestions from teentweenbooks.com and from a book club on this book 4 years ago!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1. Who is Ada? Why is Mam ashamed of her? Why do you think Mam "wanted Ada to be a cripple?"<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Ada is the main character of the book</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Mom is ashamed of her because she's crippled</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>2. What does Ada do when she is at home alone? Why doesn’t she share her secret with anyone?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-She looks out the window</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-She teaches herself to walk</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>3. How do Ada and Jamie get out of London in the beginning of the story?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Jamie is supposed to go on the train and Ada refuses to left behind</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-They took their mom's sugar, bread and butter, and shoes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>4. Why are Ada and Jamie “the only ones not chosen”? Why do they end up at Susan’s?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-They are so dirty that no one wants them</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-They also don't want to deal with Ada's foot<br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Because no one would take them in and she hadn't taken any kids in</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>5. When talking about Susan, Ada said, “She doesn’t like us. She didn’t want us, remember?” Does Susan like the kids? Why or why not?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-In the beginning, she doesn't want to have to take care of the kids</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-She was still sad about Becky's death</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-At the end of the book, Susan changed her mind about the kids</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <b> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>6. Susan treats Ada with understanding and compassion. How does Ada respond to this kindness? Why?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Ada gets very upset sometimes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Ada doesn't feel that she deserves good things because of the way that her mom treated her</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><i> </i><br /><b>7. What do you know of Susan? Tell the untold story of Susan’s life as you imagine it might be.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />-Her dad would get mad at her because she wasn't religious and her dad was a preacher</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>8. Ada stated, “I knew Susan wasn’t real. Or, if she was a tiny bit real, sometimes, at the very best she was only temporary” (p. 202). Later, on page 216 Ada said, “Susan was temporary. My foot was permanent.” Is Susan temporary for Ada? Why or why not?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Her foot would always stay crooked </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Susan was temporary because Ada would have to go back to Mam</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">9. What does Jamie's teacher think about his being left-handed?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-The teacher thinks that it's the mark of the devil</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b> </b><br /><b>10. Is Ada capable of learning? Why is she afraid of learning at the beginning of the story? </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-She thinks she isn't able to learn</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-She hadn't learned before and thought maybe she couldn't</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>11. On page 206 Ada said, “Somehow Christmas was making me feel jumpy inside. All this talk about being together and being happy and celebrating—it felt threatening. Like I shouldn’t be part of it. Like I wasn’t allowed. And Susan wanted me to be happy, which was scarier still.” Why is Ada feeling jumpy, threatened, and scared?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-She has never had Christmas before</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-She has never been truly happy before</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-She doesn't think that she deserves to be happy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Doing nothing for Christmas was the norm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> <b>12. When the police officer doesn’t believe Ada’s story about seeing a spy, what does she do and say to convince him?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-She sees him looking at her crippled foot and says "my foot is a long way from my brain."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><b>13. Why did their Mam come to take them back to the city?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-She was having to pay for their "child care" and didn't want to.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Mam didn't want Ada and Jamie to be living better than her</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>14. How does the way Mam treat Ada differ from the way Susan treats Ada?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Susan doesn't make Ada go in the cockroach cupboard</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-Mam abuses Ada.<br />-Susan loves Ada.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><b>15. Why do you think Kimberly Brubaker Bradley decided to title the book <i>The War That Saved My Life</i>?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-If there was no war, there wouldn't have been a bombing to send her and Jamie to Susan</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><b>16. In what ways did Susan save Ada’s and Jamie’s lives? How did Ada and Jamie save Susan’s life?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-When she came to get them back (and was out of her house), her house got bombed. If she had been home, she would have died.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-They brought joy and family into her life. Christmas was actually happy for her.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><b>17. What are your favorite details of the story?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-I liked Jamie because he was funny</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-I liked Butter because I like horses</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b> </b><br /><b>18. Do you like the ending? If you were the author, would you change the ending of the story?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-It was too confusing because of all of the bombing</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-The story is left up in the air<br /><br /><br /><b>Rank this book from 1-5.</b><br /><br />-(1) 3</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-(3) 4</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-(1) 5</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Our next Book Club will be held on Wednesday, November 18 at 4:00 p.m. We will be meeting via Zoom. We will be reading <span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/twar+i+finally+won/twar+i+finally+won/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=twar+i+finally+won&1%2C%2C6" style="border: 0px; color: #0062a0; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">The War I Finally Won</a><span style="color: black; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: center;">by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">"When Ada’s clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she’s not what her mother said she was—damaged, deranged, crippled mentally as well as physically. She’s not a daughter anymore, either. Who is she now?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">World War II rages on, and Ada and her brother, Jamie, move with their guardian, Susan, into a cottage with the iron-faced Lady Thorton and her daughter, Maggie. Life in the crowded home is tense. Then Ruth moves in. Ruth, a Jewish girl, from </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Germany</span><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">. A </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">German</span><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">? 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Who will Ada decide to be? How can she keep fighting? And who will she struggle to save?"</i></span></p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please be sure to pick up your copy of the book and register at the Circulation Desk so that Miss Lisa can send you the Zoom link and password the day of Book Club!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-19554078927568431502020-10-20T11:15:00.005-07:002020-11-16T13:40:17.847-08:00December 2020 Grades 5-6 Book Club Suggestions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Fj3GvW2iL._SX347_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="349" height="217" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Fj3GvW2iL._SX347_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="152" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/t24+hours+in+nowhere/t++++++24+hours+in+nowhere/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=t++++++24+hours+in+nowhere&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">24 Hours in Nowhere</a> by Dusti Bowling</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least livable town in the United States. For Gus, a bright 13-year-old with dreams of getting out and going to college, life there is made even worse by Bo Taylor, Nowhere’s biggest, baddest bully. When Bo tries to force Gus to eat a dangerously spiny cactus, Rossi Scott, one of the best racers in Nowhere, comes to his rescue—but in return she has to give Bo her prized dirt bike. Determined to buy it back, Gus agrees to go searching for gold in Dead Frenchman Mine, joined by his old friends Jessie Navarro and Matthew Dufort, and Rossi herself. As they hunt for treasure, narrowly surviving everything from cave-ins to mountain lions, they bond over shared stories of how hard life in Nowhere is—and they realize this adventure just may be their way out.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1937526&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="139" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1937526&size=0" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/trules/trules/1%2C251%2C441%2CB/frameset&FF=trules&18%2C%2C27/indexsort=-">Rules </a>by Cynthia Lord<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public" -- in order to head off David's embarrassing behaviors.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, new sort-of friend, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?</span></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2474203&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="130" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2474203&size=0" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/ttrue+confessions+of+charlotte+doyle/ttrue+confessions+of+charlotte+doyle/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=ttrue+confessions+of+charlotte+doyle&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-">The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle</a> by Avi</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle is excited to return home from her school in England to her family in Rhode Island in the summer of 1832.<br /><br />But when the two families she was supposed to travel with mysteriously cancel their trips, Charlotte finds herself the lone passenger on a long sea voyage with a cruel captain and a mutinous crew. Worse yet, soon after stepping aboard the ship, she becomes enmeshed in a conflict between them! What begins as an eagerly anticipated ocean crossing turns into a harrowing journey, where Charlotte gains a villainous enemy... and is put on trial for murder!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-41619687849597222232020-02-19T12:36:00.002-08:002020-02-19T12:36:24.060-08:00February Grades 5-6 Book Club: Lifeboat 12<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also, be sure to check out the author's website with some very cool videos and photographs pertaining to the sinking of the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">SS </span><em style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">City of Benares. </em></span><a href="https://susanhoodbooks.com/node/255">https://susanhoodbooks.com/node/255</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For March's Book Club, we will be reading </span><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/twildfire/twildfire/1%2C24%2C92%2CB/frameset&FF=twildfire+a+novel&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Wildfire</a><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> by W. Rodman Philbrick</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">. Book Club will meet on Wednesday, March 18 at 3:00 p.m.</span></div>
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and Ronan, a new friend who is caring and courageous but also troubled by the
losses he's endured. As Ronan and Delsie traipse around Cape Cod on their
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Danger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian Cossack soldiers, who insist that everyone must become Russian -- they have banned Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language. But Audra knows her parents are involved in something secret and perilous.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">In June 1893, when Cossacks arrive abruptly at their door, Audra's parents insist that she flee, taking with her an important package and instructions for where to deliver it. But escape means abandoning her parents to a terrible fate.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">As Audra embarks on a journey to deliver the mysterious package, she faces unimaginable risks, and soon she becomes caught up in a growing resistance movement. Can joining the underground network of book smugglers give Audra a chance to rescue her parents?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tonce+was+a+time/tonce+was+a+time/1%2C2%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tonce+was+a+time&2%2C%2C3/indexsort=-"><br /></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/twildfire/twildfire/1%2C24%2C92%2CB/frameset&FF=twildfire+a+novel&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Wildfire</a> by W. Rodman Philbrick</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Flames race toward Sam Castine's summer camp as evacuation buses are loading, but Sam runs back to get his phone. Suddenly, a flash of heat blasts him as pine trees explode. Now a wall of fire separates Sam from his bus, and there's only one thing to do: Run for his life. Run or die.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Lungs burning, Sam's only goal is to keep moving. Drought has made the forest a tinderbox, and Sam struggles to remember survival tricks he learned from his late father. Then, when he least expects it, he encounters Delphy, an older girl who is also lost. Their unlikely friendship grows as they join forces to find civilization.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The pace never slows, and eventually flames surround Sam and Delphy on all sides. A powerful bond is forged that can only grow out of true hardship -- as two true friends beat all odds and outwit one of the deadliest fires ever.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-52099248218098526082020-01-15T12:48:00.003-08:002020-01-15T12:48:40.041-08:00January 2020 Grades 5-6 Book Club: The Nameless City<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;">
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For January's Book Club, we read <i>The Nameless City </i>by Faith Erin Hicks. Ian and Sophie were present. This is what we talked about.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="color: #1d1d1d;"><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If I could be a character from this book it would be:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I would want to be Kaidu because he's awesome</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I would want to be Rat because she is acrobatic and can jump from roof to roof.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>What did you think of the relationship between Kaidu and Rat? Did you find it believable?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Yes because anybody can be friends.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Opposites often become friends in books.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Would you like to have known more about Rat's background?</b><br />
<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Yes</span>
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Would you like to know more about the Nameless? Do you think that they had justification for trying to assassinate the General of All Blades and his son?</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I would like to know more about them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-They did not want to take the name of their occupiers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-The assassination attempt was not justified but it also was not as extreme as what could have happened.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>What feelings did this book evoke for you? Did you feel like you could relate to anything in the book? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Exhilaration.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I'm like Rat in that people don't pay attention to me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Non-stop action and I didn't want to put it down.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Yes. But there is still a lot for them to do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-See above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-What is up with Rat's hair?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Why does Rat have so many scars?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Why didn't Rat steal the food for herself? Why did she rely on Kaidu? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I thought the plot was pretty original.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-The storyline was completely original to me.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What did you like least a</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bout this book?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Rat is so picky. She wants Kaidu to bring her some food, she gets mad when Kaidu can't do the physical feats as she can.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-The dad could have been more of a dad to Kaidu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects his stepmother is glad to see him go, but his dad says he’s one of the lucky ones—one of ninety boys and girls to ship out aboard the </span><span style="background-color: white;">SS City of Benares</span><span style="background-color: white;"> to safety in Canada.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Life aboard the luxury ship is grand—nine-course meals, new friends, and a life far from the bombs, rations, and his stepmum’s glare. And after five days at sea, the ship’s officers announce that they’re out of danger.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">They’re wrong.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Late that night, an explosion hurls Ken from his bunk. They’ve been hit. Torpedoed! The </span><span style="background-color: white;">Benares</span><span style="background-color: white;"> is sinking fast. Terrified, Ken scrambles aboard Lifeboat 12 with five other boys. Will they get away? Will they survive?</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Survive. At any cost.</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">10 concentration camps.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">It's something no one could imagine surviving.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner -- his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">He is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another, as World War II rages all around him. He encounters evil he could have never imagined, but also sees surprising glimpses of hope amid the horror. He just barely escapes death, only to confront it again seconds later.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Can Yanek make it through the terror without losing his hope, his will -- and, most of all, his sense of who he really is inside?</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Based on an astonishing true story.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects his stepmother is glad to see him go, but his dad says he’s one of the lucky ones—one of ninety boys and girls to ship out aboard the </span><i style="background-color: white;">SS City of Benares</i><span style="background-color: white;"> to safety in Canada.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Life aboard the luxury ship is grand—nine-course meals, new friends, and a life far from the bombs, rations, and his stepmum’s glare. And after five days at sea, the ship’s officers announce that they’re out of danger.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">They’re wrong.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Late that night, an explosion hurls Ken from his bunk. They’ve been hit. Torpedoed! The </span><i style="background-color: white;">Benares</i><span style="background-color: white;"> is sinking fast. Terrified, Ken scrambles aboard Lifeboat 12 with five other boys. Will they get away? Will they survive?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the war-ravaged England of 1940, Charlotte Bromley is sure of only one thing: Kitty McLaughlin is her best friend in the whole world. But when Charlotte's scientist father makes an astonishing discovery that the Germans will covet for themselves, Charlotte is faced with an impossible choice between danger and safety. Should she remain with her friend or journey to another time and place? Her split-second decision has huge consequences, and when she finds herself alone in the world, unsure of Kitty's fate, she knows that somehow, some way, she must find her way back to her friend. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-34419846554849645122019-12-18T12:52:00.001-08:002019-12-18T12:52:22.254-08:00December Grades 5-6 Book Club: Greetings from Witness Protection<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;">
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For December's Book Club, we read <i>Greetings from Witness Protection! </i>by Jake Burt. Finn Ian, Mark and Sophie were present. This is what we talked about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Charlotte/Nicki because she took so many hits (her mom left, dad went to jail) and she kept on going</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I would be Archer or Jackson. Charlotte came into the family and Jackson just wants to go back to the way things were. He's hiding his feelings. Archer was just cool.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-The caseworker so I don't have to go through these problems, I can just text.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I want to be Charlotte because she's important.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Yes, because they created companionship like a real family</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-It seemed believable because it took Jackson awhile to warm up to Nicki</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How do you think you would have reacted if you were friends with Charlotte and she told you her big truth, as she did with Britney? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I would keep it to myself and not tell anyone else. I would keep being friends with her and not tell anyone else about her.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I would not tell anyone else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I would like a sequel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Everyone wanted a sequel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-It just needed a proper ending</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-It would be cool if they made a sequel</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-It was sad</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-It was good</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I wish someone had died </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-There should have been more blood in the end of the book</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Depends on what type of book it is</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-It depends on the plot of the book</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-If only Jackson was an older sibling, I would feel bad for Charlotte.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Keeping secrets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Too short. I would add a proper ending and a cliffhanger.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-It was just the right.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I was sorry that they didn't add picking out a Christmas Tree. It would have been a nice scene for the family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Why didn't you decorate a Christmas tree?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-What was that ending?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Why was there a gun in the book?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Original. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I've read books that relate to the story line but not this exact story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Britney or Jackson's point of view might be interesting to hear from</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What did you like least a</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bout this book?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-That it ends.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-That it began.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Two 4.5</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will be meetin<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">g on Wednesday, January 15 at 3:00 p<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.m. in order to discuss </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tsmall+spaces/tsmall+spaces/1%2C8%2C17%2CB/frameset&FF=tsmall+spaces&5%2C%2C10" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Small Spaces</a><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> by Katherine Arden.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie who only finds solace in books discovers a chilling ghost story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who loved her, and a peculiar deal made with "the smiling man"--a sinister specter who grants your most tightly held wish, but only for the ultimate price.<br /> </i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Captivated by the tale, Ollie begins to wonder if the smiling man might be real when she stumbles upon the graves of the very people she's been reading about on a school trip to a nearby farm. Then, later, when her school bus breaks down on the ride home, the strange bus driver tells Ollie and her classmates: "Best get moving. At nightfall they'll come for the rest of you." Nightfall is, indeed, fast descending when Ollie's previously broken digital wristwatch begins a startling countdown and delivers a terrifying message: RUN.<br /> </i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Only Ollie and two of her classmates heed these warnings. As the trio head out into the woods--bordered by a field of scarecrows that seem to be watching them--the bus driver has just one final piece of advice for Ollie and her friends: "Avoid large places. Keep to small."<br /> </i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>And with that, a deliciously creepy and hair-raising adventure begins.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/testranged/testranged/1%2C3%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=testranged&2%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Estranged </a>by Ethan Aldridge</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Edmund</strong> and the <strong>Childe</strong> were swapped at birth. Now Edmund lives in secret as a changeling in the <strong>World Above</strong>, his fae powers hidden from his unsuspecting parents and his older sister, Alexis. The Childe lives among the fae in the <strong>World Below</strong>, where being a human makes him a curiosity at the royal palace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But when the cruel sorceress Hawthorne seizes the throne, the Childe and Edmund must unite on a dangerous quest to save both worlds—even if they’re not sure which world they belong to.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This epic graphic novel is perfect for fans of Amulet.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tremarkable+journey/tremarkable+journey/1%2C5%2C8%2CB/frameset&FF=tremarkable+journey+of+coyote+sunrise&1%2C%2C4">The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise</a> by Dan Gemeinhart</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation. It's also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash. Coyote hasn't been home in all that time, but when she learns that the park in her old neighborhood is being demolished---the very same park where she, her mom, and her sisters buried a treasured memory box---she devises an elaborate plan to get her dad to drive 3,600 miles back to Washington state in four days...without him realizing it. Along the way, they'll pick up a strange crew of misfit travelers. Lester has a lady love to meet. Salvador and his mom are looking to start over. Val needs a safe place to be herself. And then there's Gladys... Over the course of thousands of miles, Coyote will learn that going home can sometimes be the hardest journey of all...but that with friends by her side, she just might be able to turn her "once upon a time" into a "happily ever after."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tsmall+spaces/tsmall+spaces/1%2C8%2C17%2CB/frameset&FF=tsmall+spaces&5%2C%2C10">Small Spaces</a> by Katherine Arden</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie who only finds solace in books discovers a chilling ghost story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who loved her, and a peculiar deal made with "the smiling man"--a sinister specter who grants your most tightly held wish, but only for the ultimate price.<br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Captivated by the tale, Ollie begins to wonder if the smiling man might be real when she stumbles upon the graves of the very people she's been reading about on a school trip to a nearby farm. Then, later, when her school bus breaks down on the ride home, the strange bus driver tells Ollie and her classmates: "Best get moving. At nightfall they'll come for the rest of you." Nightfall is, indeed, fast descending when Ollie's previously broken digital wristwatch begins a startling countdown and delivers a terrifying message: RUN.<br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only Ollie and two of her classmates heed these warnings. As the trio head out into the woods--bordered by a field of scarecrows that seem to be watching them--the bus driver has just one final piece of advice for Ollie and her friends: "Avoid large places. Keep to small."<br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And with that, a deliciously creepy and hair-raising adventure begins.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-61982280073640582212019-11-20T12:47:00.004-08:002019-11-20T14:26:36.857-08:00November Grades 5-6 Book Club: A World Below<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever since her near-fatal drowning, Cassidy has been able to pull back the "Veil" that separates the living from the dead and see ghosts, not that she wants to, and she was really looking forward to a ghost-free summer at the beach; however her parents are going to start filming a TV series about the world's most haunted places, starting with Edinburgh with its graveyards, castles, and restless phantoms--and Cass and her personal ghost companion, Jacob, are about to find out that a city of old ghosts can be a very dangerous place indeed.</span><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sequel to the critically acclaimed <i>Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus </i>follows Aven Green as she confronts yet another challenge: high school. Just as Aven starts to feel comfortable in Stagecoach Pass, with her friends and schoolmates accustomed to her lack of "armage," everything changes once again. She's about to begin high school...with 2,300 new kids to stare at her. And no matter how much Aven tries to play it cool, nothing prepares her for the reality. In a year filled with confusion, humiliation, and just maybe love, can Aven manage to stay true to herself?</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582735180134603480.post-37448963036912921522019-10-16T13:11:00.004-07:002019-11-19T14:48:47.070-08:00October Grades 5-6 Book Club: Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For October's Book Club, we read <i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tinsignificant+events+in+the+life/tinsignificant+events+in+the+life/1%2C2%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tinsignificant+events+in+the+life+of+a+cactus&2%2C%2C3">Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus</a> </i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by Dusti Bowling. Ian and Mark were present. This is what we discussed.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. How do you think your life would be different if you
didn’t have arms? Find some examples of the way </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Aven solves problems that arise from not having arms. What
kind of problems would you face in your life if you didn’t have arms? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I'd use my legs like Aven to do things</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Also use my teeth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I wouldn't be able to play rock, paper, scissors but I'd be awesome at soccer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Her friends helped her out sometimes and used her brain to help figure things out</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>2. Think about the title of the book. Why is it called this?
What does Aven mean when she says her life is an insignificant event in the
life of a cactus?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Why does she refer to herself as a cactus</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Cactus live in the desert</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-They are prickly things living in the desert and oftentimes don't have arms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>3. This book is told in first person, from Aven’s
point-of-view. How do you think it would change if it were told in third
person? Do you notice any differences between the way Aven talks to the reader
and the way she writes her blog posts?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-She used "I" to indicate first person</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-If she used third person, we'd probably hear more about Connor and Zion's lives and their thoughts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-She tells her blog in a funny voice, maybe trying to cover up her feelings of sadness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>4. When Aven first meets Connor, and he points out that she
doesn’t have arms, she says, “Oh my gosh! I knew I was forgetting something
today.” How does she use her sense of humor to her advantage? Can you find
other examples in the story where Aven makes light of not having arms?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-She makes light of her disability in her blog</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-She is probably sad that she doesn't have arms is covering up her feelings</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>5. In chapter 7, a girl at school asks Aven if her
disability is contagious. Why does the girl ask this? Why does it make Aven
feel bad?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Because Rebecca didn't want to not have arms. She didn't want to be different.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-She's a meanie.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-She was publicly shaming Aven for not having arms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>6. Why does Zion eat on the sidewalk behind the office by
himself? Do you know someone who spends a lot of time alone at school? What
might be some ways to include him/her in your activities?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-He feels like he's different from everyone else</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-He's so big that he doesn't want people to watch him eat because he thinks they'll make fun of him</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-No one in our grade spends time alone</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7. Compare and contrast Aven and Connor. What traits do they
share? What traits make them different? </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do you think Connor is as comfortable having Tourette’s as
Aven is not having arms? Find specific examples in the text to support your
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I feel like Connor gets mad at himself for having Tourette's. It's not his fault though. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Sometimes Aven feels bad that she doesn't have arms but she's mostly accepted her disability</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>8. The Aven we meet at the beginning of the story is very different from the Aven we meet at the end. How is she the same, and how has she changed? What about Connor?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Connor is different at the end because he's learning to accept how to have Tourette's (how it is, how he's going to be)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Aven has learned a lot more about what it means to have no arms</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Aven has changed because she is more experienced and she learns a lot more how to have friends with disabilities</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>9. Think of a time when you felt empathy. What can you do to be more empathetic in your daily life?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I can try to imagine how it feels for people who are different than me, with a certain disability.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I don't know how they do stuff. It's pretty amazing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Once a friend didn't do well on an exam and felt down and I was able to say to him "I've gotten that grade before...I've been there."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-I try to imagine what someone else feels and what their life is like</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next Grades 5-6 Book Club will meet on Wednesday, November 20 at 3:00 p.m. For November's club, we will be reading </span><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tworld+below/tworld+below/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tworld+below&3%2C%2C4/indexsort=-" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A World Below </a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by Wesley King.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Mr. Baker's eighth grade class thought they were in for a normal field trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, but their journey takes a terrifying turn when an earthquake hits and the students are plunged into a frigid underground lake, forcing them to fight for survival and find their way back above ground.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Companion book to <i>The Wednesday Wars</i>, September's Book Club selection.</span></span></span></span></div>
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As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tbenefits+of+being+an+oc/tbenefits+of+being+an+oc/1%2C1%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tbenefits+of+being+an+octopus&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=-">The Benefits of Being an Octopus</a> by Ann Braden</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other things they've got to do.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Zoey thinks how much easier everything would be if she were an octopus: eight arms to do eight things at once. Incredible camouflage ability and steady, unblinking vision. Powerful protective defenses.</span><span style="background-color: white;">Unfortunately, she's not totally invisible, and one of her teachers forces her to join the debate club. Even though Zoey resists participating, debate ultimately leads her to see things in a new way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tworld+below/tworld+below/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tworld+below&3%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">A World Below </a>by Wesley King</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mr. Baker's eighth grade class thought they were in for a normal field trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, but their journey takes a terrifying turn when an earthquake hits and the students are plunged into a frigid underground lake, forcing them to fight for survival and find their way back above ground.</span></span></div>
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