[CASL-L] high school student book club books

[Valerie DiLorenzo]

I have an "Underground Book Club" going on in my Upper School. I started it
at the beginning of the year. It's not something that is ever formally
announced; rather, it's a club that gets offered to advisors. If an advisor
chooses to be a part of it, then we check a book out to the advisor and
everyone in the advisory. Students either choose to be a part of the
Underground Book Club or he/she immediately returns the book. A student
created a special "Underground Bookmark" for this program too. We slapped a
barcode on that bookmark and that's how we check books out to students. We
have a Google Classroom that everyone who joins is a part of, so we can see
who's already read the book and who's currently reading it.

It's a fun program, created because the typical book club we did several
years ago just didn't work with Rumsey's jam-packed schedule. (We also run
a huge book club program where usually around 35 different clubs happen on
campus at the same time just once a year.)

For this year's Underground Book Club, I have 20 books that will be in
fairly good shape at the end of the year that I'd like to donate. I figured
I'd ask MLSC if they wanted them. The book jackets will be in pristine
shape, since we removed them to make the books even more "Undergroundish!"
This year's book is Alex London's *Black Wings Beating, *everyone has loved
it so far except for one adult that I know of.

Happy reading,
~Val
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Currently reading:
*Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish *by Pablo Cartaya
*The Night Diary * by Veera Hiranandani
*The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World *by Michael Pollan
*The Handmaid's Tale* by Margaret Atwood
Recently finished:
*Jasmine Toguchi: Mochi Queen* by Debbi Michiko Florence
*Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus* by Dusti Bowling
*The Benefits of Being an Octopus *by Ann Braden
*It Ain't So Awful Falafel* by Firoozeh Dumas
*I Kill the Mockingbird* by Paul Acampora
*Educated *by Tara Westover
*Monstrous Beauty* by Elizabeth Fama (audio)
*Black Wings Beating* by Alex London
*Amal Unbound *by Aisha Saeed (rereading for Global Read Aloud '18)
*Outrun the Moon* by Stacey Lee


On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 1:38 PM Tracy Earnshaw <tearnshaw at rsd13.org> wrote:

> Don't forget the Middletown Library Service Center!  Grace Burchard is so
> kind and, like the state library, sends sets of books through the C-Car
> system (or whatever it's called now) so they arrive at my local library.
> That said, I like the idea of a shared document so we can share book sets
> that we have purchased!
>
> Tracy Earnshaw
> Coginchaug Regional High School and Brewster School
> Durham, CT
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 9:35 AM Cathy Andronik via CASL-L <
> casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:
>
>> Hurray for high school book clubs!  Also for the choice of The Goodbye
>> Days.  Jeff Zentner is a treasure; his new book is coming out very, very
>> soon.  I retired in June and I still miss my book club kids.  I second the
>> recommendation for the state's collection (though fyi, Linda Williams will
>> be retiring).  Since my club kids valued getting to keep their books, I
>> also recommend bookoutlet.com for deep discounts.  The books are
>> "remainders," so you won't see the newest titles, but the selection is
>> great and it's easy to get multiple copies for amazing prices (about $4 for
>> an $18 dollar hardcover).  If you use more traditional book sources, I also
>> recommend writing a Donorschoose grant to fund the purchase; donors love to
>> hear that there really are teens who want to read.
>>
>> Cathy Andronik
>> Retired from Brien McMahon HS, Norwalk
>> On Thursday, 10 January 2019, 8:39:19 am GMT-5, Cheryl Robertson <
>> robertsonc at guilfordschools.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Kathleen,
>> I just borrowed two sets of books from the CT Library System.  They
>> delivered them to the public library in town, and I just have to swing by
>> and pick them up.  They have many sets and titles, and Linda Williams could
>> not be more helpful.  Linda.Williams at ct.gov
>> It's convenient and free!  I hope that helps.
>> Best,
>> Cheryl
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 7:52 AM Kathleen Smith <ksmith at ledyard.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello!  My students have started a book club recently, they wanted to
>> read current YA novels. I purchased 6 copies of the book Goodbye Days.  I
>> didn't know if anyone one else had similar book clubs at their schools and
>> if anyone would be interested in maybe swapping books so I do not have to
>> keep buying multiple copies. I could start a spreadsheet we could all add
>> to and then just ship to each other, just do not know how we would handle
>> shipping fees. I am just spitballing here so feel free to share any ideas
>> or suggestions!
>>
>> THANK YOU!
>> Kathleen Currie Smith
>> Library Media Specialist
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