September Great Read for Girls

Great Read for Girls is mother daughter book club for girls with Mom or other caring adult.

Join us for discussion, activities, friendship and fun!

A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban is the book we are going to be reviewing for the month of September. Come join in the fun on...

September 5th at 7:00pm.

You will need to register on line for this activity through the Library's website. I looked on line just before this post and there were still 4 tickets available.

The Apothecary

The Apothecary

By Maile Meloy

Set in the 1952 cold war era, this book follows an American family who travels to England to avoid questions about communism. Once there, fourteen year old Janie meets Benjamin, the Apothecary's son. Just as they are becoming friends, Benjamin's Father disappears and Janie and Benjamin set out to find him. They discover a whole new world where the mystery of apothecary becomes a reality and Benjamin finds out that his father has been living a double life.

Even though this book was written for a younger audience, the author was able to capture my attention and kept the story interesting. There is the intrigue of a missing father, Russian spies, magical potions and atomic warfare all mixed in with a teenager moving to a new country and a new school trying to find a way to fit in.  It was a fun read that I would definitely recommend.

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Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

Is our latest Book Club Book. I haven't read it yet, but here is the blurb from the back of the book.

"Ella Minnow Pea is a girl living happily on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina. Nollop was named after Nevin Nollop, author of the immortal phrase containing all the letters of the alphabet, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

Now Ella finds herself acting to save her friends, family, and fellow citizens from the encroaching totalitarianism of the island's Council, which has banned the use of certain letters of the alphabet as they fall from a memorial statue of Nevin Nollop.  As the letters progressively drop from the statue they also disappear from the novel. the result is both a hilarious and moving story of one girl's fight for freedom of expression and a linguistic tour de force sure to delight word lovers everywhere.

The Rules of Survival

The Rules of Survival

by Nancy Werlin

Matt is a 17 year old boy who is writing a letter to his younger sister Emmy. The letter tells the story of their survival during the years of emotional and psychological abuse by their mother. He tells of the strategies and techniques they had to employ to survive the ups and downs of their mother who suffered from a mental illness. Throughout the book, we see Matt struggle with trying to save his sisters and wanting to escape his mother's abuses. It's a captivating story that will keep you reading and hoping for the survival of these innocent children.

Another NEW Book Club Book!!!

deadly, how do you catch an invisible killer?

Check out our latest addition to our Book Club Section!
This is a great book, there is a review of this book on our June 3 post. 

Chanda's Wars

Chanda's WARS

Allan Stratton

Chanda's war is a fictional story that brings to life the sad reality of genocide and the terrible atrocities that take place in countries like Uganda, Sudan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Somalia.  Chanda and her younger brother and sister become orphans when their mother dies and she is left the responsibility of caring for them. She ends up traveling back to her mothers rural village trying to end a family feud that has been going on for years. As she is preparing to bring her younger siblings back home, the rebel band of Mandiki attacks the village and kills her grandfather and kidnaps her younger brother and sister. Chanda begins the search for the rebels and attempts the daring rescue of her brother ans sister.

This was a well written book that will give teenagers a real look at the atrocities that are taking place in many third world countires around the world, without going into too much detail.