2023-2024 Book Club Selection
Think The Mentalist meets Pretty Little Liars. Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s The Naturals is a gripping psychological thriller with killer appeal, a to-die-for romance, and the bones of a gritty and compelling new series. Read it? Check out Killer Instinct, All In, and Bad Blood for more books in the series.
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection in 2014
"In this high-adrenaline series opener...even a psychic won't anticipate all the twists and turns." —Booklist
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I hadn’t lost her. I hadn’t buried her. I’d only let her change into something new.
Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient, rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield―her brother, fighting with the enemy―the brother she watched die five years ago.
THIS IS A GRIPPING STORY, RICHLY TOLD.”
"FIERCE, VIVID, AND VIOLENTLY BEAUTIFUL.”
2022-2023 Book Club Selection
Don't miss this New York Times bestselling "impossible to put down" (Buzzfeed) novel with deadly stakes, thrilling twists, and juicy secrets -- perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out.
2022-2023 Gateway Award Winner
"A thrilling blend of family secrets, illicit romance and high-stakes treasure hunt, set in the mysterious world of Texas billionaires. The nonstop twists kept me guessing until the very last page!"―Katharine McGee, New York Times bestselling author of American Royals
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The future is anything but certain in this alternately funny and heartbreaking contemporary story about food trucks, festivals, and first loves.
It’s easy to look at high school senior Oscar Olsson and think: . He hates school, struggles to read, and wants nothing to do with college. But Oscar is anything but lost—he knows exactly what he wants and exactly how to get it.
With the finish line in sight, a relationship he never expected, and festival season about to begin (for good), the unthinkable happens, and Oscar’s future is anything but certain.
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Welcome to a world made dangerous by the sea and by those who wish to profit from it. Where a young girl must find her place and her family while trying to survive in a world built for men.
A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club YA Pick
"I could taste the salt in the air and feel the waves beneath the Marigold. In a brutal world Fable shines as tenacious yet vulnerable, unafraid to do what she must to survive. This story caught me by the throat and refused to let go!"―Shelby Mahurin, author of Serpent and Dove
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High School Book Club
All students in an English Language Arts class are required to complete semester book points. Students are highly encouraged to participate in BOOK CLUB!! This is an easy way to get book points for the semester!!!
Your class will spend time in the library, during which time you will be able to read or to select and check out books.
For a small monetary fee each quarter, any student who joins will purchase the book and be able to participate in food, fellowship, and an activity that directly relates to the book selection.
Otherwise
Titles must be selected from the Scholastic Reads book list. With prior approval, titles not on this list, but in our card catalog may be read for credit. If the title is on the SRI list, an electronic test must be taken. A written report is not acceptable. Other materials may also be used for partial credit, but must be approved in advance.
Titles from the list MUST be taken and passed using the computer test system (Reading Counts program) ADMINISTERED BY THE TEACHER ONLY.
3 tries, passing score of 70%
You may test over a title only once a day.
Students reading APPROVED titles not on the Scholastic list but on the high school library’s card catalogue will be required to do an alternative project as indicated on Google Classroom.
Each semester, 6 points (to be figured as part of the SEMESTER GRADE – 10% of that semester!!) will be assigned.
6 Points – 100% 5 Points – 83% 4 Points – 67% 3 Points – 50% | 2 Points – 33% 1 Point – 17% 0 Points – 0% Not completing the required amount of book reports can be very detrimental to your grade. |
Previous Book Club Selections
A MONSTER CALLS
A NIGHT DIVIDED
A TRICK OF THE LIGHT
ADORATION OF JENNA FOX
ALL AMERICAN BOYS
BEASTLY
BEAUTY SHOP FOR RENT
BOOT CAMP
BOY 21
CATCHING FIRE
CLOAKED
CRYER’S CROSS
EVERY LAST WORD
FREAKS LIKE US
GIRL STOLEN
GYM CANDY
HUNGER GAMES
IF I STAY
KING OF THE SCREW-UPS
KNIGHTS OF HILL COUNTRY
LEGEND
LIFE AS WE KNEW IT
LOCKDOWN: ESCAPE FROM FURNACE
LONG WAY DOWN
MARK OF THE THIEF
NOT IF I SAVE YOU FIRST
NOVEMBER BLUES
ONE OF US IS LYING
ONE WAS LOST
OUT OF MY MIND
STUNG
TEN
THAT’S NOT WHAT HAPPENED
THE COMPOUND
THE CROSSOVER
THE FALSE PRINCE
THE FIXER
THE GARDENER
THE JUVIE THREE
THE LIGHTNING THIEF
THE RAFT
THE RUNNING DREAM
THEN SHE WAS GONE
THEODORE BOONE KID LAWYER
THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS
TRAPPED
WE WERE LIARS
WONDER