At last night's book discussion, it seemed
everyone's really excited about our next book,
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A. S. King. If you want to join in the discussion, we're meeting at the library from 3:30 - 5 p.m. on April 21. There are extra copies of the
obok available, so just ask at one of the desks at the library and we'll get you set up.
Here's the description -- When her best friend, whom she secretly loves, betrays her and then dies under mysterious circumstances, high school senior Vera
Dietz struggles with secrets that could help clear his name.
If you want to plan ahead for our next meetings in May, June, and July, have no fear! We've got dates and (tentative) titles for each one. Join us:
May 5 @ Starbucks to discuss Susan Bartoletti's The Boy Who Dared. Here's the description -- In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hübener, imprisoned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people.
May 19 @ McDonald's to discuss Kiersten White's Paranormalcy. Here's the description -- When a dark prophecy begins to come true, sixteen-year-old Evie of the International Paranormal Containment Agency must not only try to stop it, she must also uncover its connection to herself and the alluring shapeshifter, Lend.
Here's the tentative list of next reads, as well, though we don't have locations set. Have a suggestion for where you'd like to meet, let us know.
June 2: Break by Hannah Moskowitz. Here's the description -- To relieve the pressures of caring for a brother with life-threatening food allergies, another who is a fussy baby, and parents who are at odds with one other, seventeen-year-old Jonah sets out to break every bone in his body in hopes of becoming stronger.
June 16: Same Difference by Siobhan Vivian. Siobhan will be at the Aram Public Library June 22 to give a writing workshop, as well. Here's the description of this book -- Feeling left out since her long-time best friend started a serious relationship, sixteen-year-old Emily looks forward to a summer program at the Philadelphia College of Art but is not sure she is up to the challenges to be faced there, including finding herself and learning to balance life and art.
June 30 @ Aram Public Library: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride. Here's the description -- Sam LaCroix, a Seattle fast-food worker and college dropout, discovers that he is a necromancer, part of a world of harbingers, werewolves, satyrs, and one particular necromancer who sees Sam as a threat to his lucrative business of raising the dead.
We're nothing if not diverse readers! Pick up a book, drop in, and join us for discussion and lots of fun (we pull out the Legos and Playdoh, too).
