THURS Book Club: The Trouble With Goats and Sheep
THURS will meet to discuss The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon.

“I loved this book.
THURS will meet to discuss The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon.
“I loved this book.
WOM will meet to discuss Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from Jodi Picoult.
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
The men will meet to discuss Sophie's Choice by William Styron.
Three stories are told: a young Southerner wants to become a writer; a turbulent love-hate affair between a brilliant Jew and a beautiful Polish woman; and of an awful wound in that woman's past--one that impels both Sophie and Nathan toward destruction.
1001 will meet to discuss The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov.
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, a collection of thirty of Chekhov’s best tales from the major periods of his creative life.
This month begins our annual Mock ALSC Awards discussions. In September, we'll discuss possible Printz Award contenders, the books for teens. Remember, you only need to read one of the books, but if you'd like to read more, your group's discussion will have more depth. Also remember, bring other books (or a list of books) that you think might be awarded the Printz this year. Share the books with your group and have a good conversation!
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Throughout history and across the globe, one characteristic connects the daring women of Brazen: their indomitable spirit.
"Picture me madly in love with this moving, tender, unapologetically honest book."—Becky Albertalli, #1 best-selling author of Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Danny Cheng has always known his parents have secrets.
Get a Clue! will meet to discuss Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger and we'll also read a Nancy Drew of our choosing to present to the group.
Cork O’Connor battles vicious villains, both mythical and modern, to rescue a young girl in this riveting mystery from New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award–winning author William Kent Krueger.
When the body of a teenage Ojibwe girl washes up on the shore of an island in Lake Superior, the residents of the nearby Bad Bluff reservation whisper that it was the work of a d
This month, we're discussing Lights, Camera, Middle School!, by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, in which Baby Mouse goes to middle school, and Awkward by Svetlana Chmakkova, also set in middle school. Bring your favorite middle school graphic novels to recommend.
It’s a new kind of book for Babymouse! Fans of Dork Diaries, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and James Patterson’s Middle School books, this is going to be epic. . . .
Cardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don't get noticed by the mean kids.Cardinal rule #2 for surviving school: Seek out groups with similar interests and join them.
Word of Mouth will meet to discuss Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.
A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle).
THURS will meet to discuss The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa.
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“An unforgettable and resplendent novel which will take its place among the great historical fiction written about World War II.” —Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife
A young girl flees N
THURS will meet to discuss Leopard at the Door by Jennifer McVeigh.
Set in Kenya in the 1950s against the fading backdrop of the British Empire, a story of self-discovery, betrayal, and an impossible love from the author of The Fever Tree.