Welcome To GFJ Teen Book Club

First say your name Next tell use something that interests you Then what is your favorite book Last repeat your name

Lets Get To Know Each Other

I have read: The Hunchback Assignments by

Arthur Slade The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Water for Elephants by Sara GruenWhat about you:

What Have You Read Over the Summer

The Graveyard Book

Cover What's it’s about

Review: Drawing inspiration from Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book, Gaiman tells the story of an orphaned boy, raised not in a jungle by animals but in a graveyard by ghosts. Bod, short for nobody, wanders into the graveyard as an infant as his family is dispatched by ‘the man Jack”. In the graveyard, Bod is discovered by the kindly ghosts of Mr. and Mrs. Owens, who entice the other local spirits to take the boy in and grant him the “Freedom of the Graveyard”.

Reviewed by Brian Farrey

The library system has a lot of copies. You can reserve yourself one.

Ask a librarian to reserve copy for you.

You can go and buy your own copy of the book.

How To Get the Book

When we discuss the books everyone’s ideas are important.

Speak freely, don’t be shy.

No one should be judged on what they say.

How We Discuss the Books

www.gfjteenbookclub.wordpress.com This website was made for a few reasons: One, it allows people to be members when

they don’t have time to come to meetings. Second, it allows members to continue to

discuss the books after meetings. Third it give members a place to find out

what is going on in the club.

The Book Club Website

My Ideas for this Years Books

November 21 December 19

My Ideas for this Years Books

January Febuary

My Ideas for this Years Books

March April

My Ideas for this Years Books

May June

Lets Hear Your Suggestions

I have some suggestions of things we can do as a club that would allow use to meet more then once a mouth and allow use to do more then just discussing books.

Remember, most of this are just suggestions and will need to go though Cathy before they can be put into action.

I will post all actives on the website.

More then a Book Club

I have set up a Halloween Party for you. Date October 19th

Time:2:00-4:00 Place: GFJ Library For Ages 12-16. Ages 17-19 can help out.

Halloween Party

If you guys are interested, I can set up a date to celebrate the release of Pottermore.

We would discuss Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone that will be on Pottermore in October.

We can then do more Pottermore events when the other books come out.

When would you like to meet?

Pottermore Book Discussion

Many books are becoming movies this year.

Many books are already movies.

The Hunger Games is coming out in March.

We can set up dates to see movies both at movie theaters and at the library.

Movie Nights

This writing program will be a way for teens who like to write to express themselves.

Your writings will be put into a Literary Magazine that I will create.

There will be writing Challenges like Scary Story Challenge where you can win prizes.

What do you think about it?

GFJ Teen Writing Program

Your Turn. What do you want to do as a Club?

Cathy is also always looking for suggestions for Summer Programs.

Cathy and I are also always looking for volunteers to help out. So if you are interested came and talk to one of use.

Your Suggestions

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