November Grades 5-6 Book Club: A World Below

For November's Book Club, we read A World Below by Wesley King. Finn, Ian and Mark were present. This is what we discussed.

Let's talk about the book's set up. Did you like how it was told in sections labeled "A Month Before" and "Two Hours After"? Do you think it added to the book?  

How did you feel about the fact that the book had three narrators? Were you ever confused about who was speaking? Did you prefer one narrator over the other?

Could you envision yourself in Mr. Baker's 8th graders places? How do you think you would do in such an emergency?

Describe Eric and Silvia. Do any parts of them remind you of yourself or someone you know?

Did this book remind you of any others you have read? The characters, the setting, the themes discussed?

Why did Jana's group break off from Carlos's? 

Did you find any of this book confusing?

Do you think it is realistic that everyone survived the earthquake and its aftermath?

The ending seemed to be set up for a sequel. Would you read it?

Please rate this story between 1 and 5, with 1 being the worst book you've ever read and 5 being one of the best.

-5
-4.5
-3.5/4


For December's Book Club, we will be Greetings from Witness Protection by Jake Burt.

Thirteen-year-old Nicki Demere is an orphan and a kleptomaniac, making her the perfect girl to portray the Trevors' daughter in witness protection, but she soon learns that the biggest threat to her new family's security comes from her own past.


We will meet on Wednesday, December 18 at 3:00 p.m. Please be sure to pick up a copy of the library book and register for each session of Book Club at the Circulation Desk.

December Grades 5-6 Book Club Suggestions

Allies by Alan Gratz

It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this is the most important day of the twentieth century, and both children want to fight, and survive.


City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

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.


Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

The sequel to the critically acclaimed Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 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?