Tween Book Club
Stillwater County LibraryBook club for ages 9-12. We will be reviewing Tuesday's at the Castle by Jessica Day George at the library.
Book club for ages 9-12. We will be reviewing Tuesday's at the Castle by Jessica Day George at the library.
Our book club will be reviewing The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah at the library. Pick up in library or call to place hold. "The Bestselling Hardcover Novel of the Year."--Publishers Weekly From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great […]
Book club for ages 9-12. We will be reviewing Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage. Call or pickup up your copy in the library. Meet Miss Moses LoBeau-rising sixth grader natural born detective, borderline straight-A student, and goddess of free enterprise. Mo washed ashore in Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, eleven years ago during one of […]
A book club for adults, but with a short story because sometimes there isn't enough time to read an entire book. We'll be extending the theme of banned books by focusing on Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," which was banned for a variety of reasons, some of which we will discuss. This story, written in 1948, […]
A book club for adults, but with a short story because sometimes there isn't enough time to read an entire book. We will discuss "The Hunter's Wife" by Anthony Doerr. Delve into the themes of magic versus reality, the connection to nature, and the complexities of a relationship with a large age gap. Come prepared […]
A book club for adults, but with a short story because sometimes there isn't enough time to read an entire book. We will discuss "Rules of the Game" from Amy Tan's anthology The Joy Luck Club. Explore complex mother-daughter relationships, culture conflict, identity and independence. Come prepared to discuss and possibly have an activity. Space […]
For ages 9-13. Enjoy a snack and activity while we discuss The Mystery of Mystic Mountain by Janet Fox - Copies available in library on December 1st. Summary: A girl tackles a vacation filled with mystery, treasure, and learning to be her true self in this middle grade "frothy summer adventure...which bristles with gentle thrills […]
A book club for adults, but with a short story because sometimes there isn't enough time to read an entire book. We will discuss "Bartleby, The Scrivener" by Herman Melville. Explore capitalism, alienation, and the human condition. Space is limited, please RSVP for in person or join us virtually through the zoom link: Join Zoom […]
A book club for adults, but with a short story because sometimes there isn't enough time to read an entire book. We will discuss "Girls, at Play" by Celeste Ng. Explore with us this poignant coming-of-age story navigating peer pressure and a dangerous playground game. Pre-registration is not required but requested. See below to RSVP. […]
A book club for adults, but with a short story because sometimes there isn't enough time to read an entire book. We will discuss "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Explore this 19th century story about a woman driven to psychosis by the "rest cure" treatment, which enforces total inactivity and isolation. Pre-registration is […]
A book club for adults, but with a short story because sometimes there isn't enough time to read an entire book. We will discuss "And of Clay Are We Created," by Isavel Allende, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. Inspired by the 1985 tragedy of 13-year-old Omayra Sánchez in Colombia. The story focuses on a reporter, […]
A book club for adults, but with a short story because sometimes there isn't enough time to read an entire book. We will discuss "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell. Two women uncover evidence of a neighbor's abuse and motive for murder, which they hide from male investigators. It explores themes of gender […]