[CALIBK12] Seeking a Book Club Recommendation

[Jessica Gillis]

How about Jellicoe Road?  One of the best books I've read this year and very complex, you will have lots to discuss.  Many of the characters are teens and it is from the perspective of a 17-year-old but wouldn't automatically be thought of as a "kids" book.  Actually I wonder if adults like this book better than teens?  Jessica Gillis



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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