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Cafe Book

What is it?
Cafe Book is a voluntary reading program for 7th and 8th grade students.  Students in Cafe Book read titles from a list of 20 books and discuss them with each other in the library during lunch time.

Who can join?
ANY interested 7th or 8th grade student.

What do I have to do?
Commit to read at least three of the books out of the 20 that will be on the list.  Come to meetings about every other week in the library while you eat your lunch.  Share what you like and what you don't like about the books you read.  At the end of the semester we will have a voting party with pizza!

Meetings this year
Cafe Book students at Heim will meet this year during Wednesdays on these dates:
September 30, October 7, October 21, November 4, November 18, December 2, December 16, January 6, January 13, and January 20.

What are the books?
All books chosen for Cafe Book have been published in the last year for young adults.  They are selected by a group of public librarians, school librarians, and former Cafe Book members. 

2009-2010 Books
The summer selection committee has come up with the list of the 20 books that will be used for Cafe Book this year.  The titles are:

All the Broken Pieces Ann E. Burg
Antsy Does Time Neal Shusterman
Anything But Typical Nora Raleigh Baskin
Chains Laurie Halse Anderson
Eon:  Dragoneye Reborn Allison Goodman
Happenstance Found P. W. Catanese
If the Witness Lied Caroline Cooney
Messed Up Janet Nichols Lynch
Scat Carl Hiaasen
Science Fair Dave Barry
Somebody Nancy Springer
The Cabinet of Wonders Marie Rutkoski
The Chosen One Carol Lynch Williams
The Comet's Curse Dom Testa
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
The Possibilities of Sainthood Donna Freitas
The Rock and the River Kekla Magoon
The Tomorrow Code Brian Falkner
Word Nerd Susin Nielsen


Discussion Topics
Blog Entry Mrs. Ashby: Conference Wednesday, November 18 at 9:45 AM Discuss
Blog Entry Mrs. Ashby: Up! Monday, November 9 at 4:15 PM Discuss
Blog Entry Mrs. Ashby: Helen Keller Saturday, October 24 at 4:12 PM Discuss
Blog Entry Mrs. Ashby: Books that don't move me Monday, October 12 at 8:11 AM Discuss
Blog Entry Mrs. Ashby: Hunger Games sequel today Tuesday, September 1 at 1:13 PM Discuss
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