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
Rumsey Hall School
Valerie DiLorenzo | Library Media Specialist
RUMSEY HALL SCHOOL | 860.868.0535 x122
A Tradition of Effort, Family and Community

Find books (click Follett Shelf for eBooks and audiobooks!) in Rumsey's online catalog:

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@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@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@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@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@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
Ledyard High School & Ledyard Middle School
860.464.9600 x2154
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