Fri May 3: what we talked about

Fri May 3: what we talked about
  • Book Club will meet in Room 1204 on Fri May 10

  • LAST Book Club meeting Fri May 17 in Room 1204

    • Breakfast treats - yum

    • Prize of a new Amazon Fire tablet to the Book Club member with best attendance!

    • Must be present to win :-)

  • Yon was reading Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. She hardly paid attention to the rest of us.
    • Summary: Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
    • Nominated for 2020 Illinois Teen Choice Award
  • I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez
    • Summary: Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents' house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga's role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too.
    • Nominated for 2020 Illinois Teen Choice Award
  • Summer reading assignments