[CALIBK12] Seeking a Book Club Recommendation

[Lydia Smith-Davis]

>From our athletic director at Edison:  *The Help*, by Kathryn Stockett

*From Publishers Weekly
*Starred Review. What perfect timing for this optimistic, uplifting debut
novel (and maiden publication of Amy Einhorn's new imprint) set during the
nascent civil rights movement in Jackson, Miss., where black women were
trusted to raise white children but not to polish the household silver.
Eugenia Skeeter Phelan is just home from college in 1962, and, anxious to
become a writer, is advised to hone her chops by writing about what disturbs
you. The budding social activist begins to collect the stories of the black
women on whom the country club sets relies and mistrusts enlisting the help
of Aibileen, a maid who's raised 17 children, and Aibileen's best friend
Minny, who's found herself unemployed more than a few times after mouthing
off to her white employers. The book Skeeter puts together based on their
stories is scathing and shocking, bringing pride and hope to the black
community, while giving Skeeter the courage to break down her personal
boundaries and pursue her dreams. Assured and layered, full of heart and
history, this one has bestseller written all over it. *(Feb.)*
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rights reserved.

Lydia Smith-Davis
Teacher Librarian
Edison High School
Huntington Beach High School
Huntington Beach Union High School District


On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Larry & Tania Guyer
<theguyers at pacbell.net>wrote:

>   I have several that I have enjoyed in the last couple of months:
> 1. What Would Emma Do? by Eileen Cook
> 2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
> 3. You've Got Blackmail by Rachel Wright
> 4. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine
> 5. Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
> 6. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
> 7. Hunger (A "Gone" novel) by Michael Grant
> 8. Truancy by Isamu Fukui
> 9. Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud
> 10. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
>
> --- On *Tue, 6/2/09, Anne Snyder <asnyder at ceres.k12.ca.us>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Anne Snyder <asnyder at ceres.k12.ca.us>
> Subject: [CALIBK12] Seeking a Book Club Recommendation
> To: "calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu" <calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 10:18 AM
>
>  Dear Calib Friends,
>
> I belong to a small, all-female book club whose members (all close friends
> of mine) have diverse tastes and careers (from stay-at-home mom who used to
> work as a Marriage & Family counselor to a Livermore Lab computer projects
> manager to a property manager with an Oxford PhD in archaeology).  We
> alternate picking the titles we read, and it is my turn next and I would
> appreciate some suggestions.   Recent well-received titles have included *The
> Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao*, *People of the Book*, and *To Kill a
> Mockingbird *.  A book we universally didn't enjoy was *Out Stealing
> Horses.*
>
> I want to convince them that YA literature has compelling offerings we
> would enjoy and would greatly appreciate suggestions of YA titles you or
> your students have read and would recommend.   I don't know yet whether I
> will tell them in advance that I am picking a YA book or not.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Anne
>
> Anne Snyder, MLIS
> K-8 Librarian
> Ceres Unified School District
> (209)556-1500 Ext. 1109
>
>
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