As the book begins and we learn a bit about Hannah as she started her summer school program, what do we come to learn about her? How did she come to the institution?
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This book looks interesting, and I can’t wait to hear everyone’s thoughts!
Are you excited to start the next book club title? Our next title comes from one of the most well-known authors of kids lit, Neil Gaiman. His unique stories and suspenseful tales are well known, and The Graveyard Book is one of his must-reads.
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Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he’s the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians’ time as well as their timely ghostly teachings-like the ability to Fade.
Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? And then there are things like ghouls that aren’t really one thing or the other.
Check the blog on Monday for the first day of questions!
Happy reading!
Next week’s Teen Reads book is a psychological thriller that will keep you guessing. We will be reading A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa B. Sheinmel.
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Seventeen-year-old Hannah Gold has always been treated like a grown up. As the only child of two New York professionals, she’s been traveling the world and functioning as a miniature adult since the day she was born. But that was then. Now, Hannah has been checked into a remote treatment facility, stripped of all autonomy and confined to a single room.
Hannah knows there’s been a mistake. What happened to her roommate that summer was an accident. As soon as the doctor and judge figure out that she isn’t a danger to herself or others, she can get back to her life of promise and start her final year at school. Until then, she’s determined to win over the staff and earn some privileges so she doesn’t lose her mind to boredom.
But then she’s assigned a new roommate. At first, Lucy is the perfect project to keep Hannah’s focus off all she is missing at home. But Lucy may be the one person who can make Hannah confront the secrets she’s avoiding – and the dangerous games that landed her in confinement in the first place.
Check back on Monday for the first discussion question!
Happy reading!
What are some of the important lessons that the campers learned by the end of the summer, and how did they come to learn them?
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The book ends with the same lines that started it. The author does’t specifically say what happens at the end of the book. What do you think happens after the book ends?
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After lashing out at his cabin mates during the dance, and not participating in the talent show, Smelly gets back into his friends’ good graces by participating in some bonding. Why do you think taking part in the cabin raids was important in bringing Smelly closer to the other boys?
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Kyle starts questioning his increasingly bad decisions, and wonders why he continues to make these choices. Do you think there was a point Kyle could have changed his mind, and started to change his habits?
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Looking for something to do today? Try out this quick and easy teen craft, and make your own cosmo in a jar!
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Music: “Happy Rock” from bensound.com
The more we learn about Kyle and the lines he is crossing with his behaviour, the more we start to see how those decisions are effecting his perspective. Why do you think Kyle keeps pushing further and further into increasingly bad behaviour?
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During the dance, Smelly and Smiley admit how they feel about each other, but it ends in disaster. What influences impacted their new relationship? Why did Bobby react so strongly and lash out?
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