Suggestions for our first READ

Hi everyone!

I've been busy browsing the local B&N, and the ALA site for possible titles for our first read...here's a few we could discuss:

Suzanne Fisher Staples' Under the Persimmon Tree
Cynthia Kadohata's Kira-Kira
Kate DiCamillo's The Tale of Despereaux
Marlene Carrell's Sweetgrass Basket

I hope everyone will throw some titles out as suggestions...some of these are award winners, and others are highly recommended, which always makes me curious about why they are so highly praised. Check out these titles (reviews at amazon.com are the best, especially when kids write good reviews), and post some of your own interests...we'll debate over them here, and then come to an agreement! Put your best arguments here!

Dawn

Hopefully we can settle on a title by the last week of class so we can all meet once to discuss how we're going to handle the meetings! Any ideas?! Please share them!!

Hi Awesome Readers!
I found this article in my on-line English Journal. What are you reading this summer?
This may be a good place to start searching for Book Club.
Nancy

Yay Books

Hello,
I would love to be a part of the book club. I'll ask my kids for some suggestions for possible books...usually they are pretty helpful!
kate

The original invites for the Summer Book Club: (just in case you missed it!)

Hi everyone!
Do you live near Binghamton, or want to drive there every couple of weeks?
Do you want to continue enjoying great discussions about new, up and coming young adult literature?
If you do, this club is for you!
Someone mentioned last week about wanting to do a book club over the summer, and so I'm here to advertise that great idea. Here's the great plan:
-- We (whoever wants to meet) read a new YAL book every two or three weeks.
-- Then, we meet at a predetermined place (Barnes and Noble in Vestal came to mind).
-- And we DISCUSS the book, drink expensive coffee, and reminisce about the days of yore (optional, of course).
-- Then, we pick another book, and do it all over again! Sounds like a great time, huh?
So, if this is something you would LOVE to participate in, regularly or not (we would prefer regularly, really), comment on this post so we can organize and arrange a meeting time/place and our first book for this AWESOME SUMMER BOOK CLUB.

An update on the Summer Book Club thingy:
**Start thinking of an available day and time so that we can plan accordingly!
**Also, think of some possible titles that we can discuss as options for the first hit of the summer.
**Plan on meeting at the end of the semester for a preliminary discussion about our intentions for the summer...all ideas and suggestions are most welcome!

Dawn

Welcome!

Welcome all of you avid readers of adolescent literature!

This blog is meant for all of us who enjoy the YAL books we've been reading this past semester. It is a forum for discussing, arguing, lamenting, free-thinking, and talking to one another during the long, but not long enough, summer ahead.

Not only is this for us to discuss novels we read and/or hear about, but it is a supplemental aid for the Summer Book Club that intends to meet in Binghamton every few weeks to acquire new books and discuss them in a casual atmosphere. It is also for those Syracuse-bound friends who would like to join the club, but wouldn't have the ability to commute an hour to meet with us.

So, without further adieu, let's get some discussion of possible titles going...and a schedule of meeting times/places for that first foray into the luxuries of summer reading...

Dawn