What’s The Issue?

Book of the Month Club

 

The book for this month is The Girls by Amy Goldman Koss. 

 

One Saturday morning a girl finds out that her group of friends, for reasons unknown, has decided to exclude her. As the short novel moves over the course of the weekend, five girls narrate in turns, each moving the story forward as well as providing sometimes unwitting commentary on her friends' versions of events. The story is the stuff of series paperbacks, but Koss succeeds in taking it to its dramatic core without becoming generic.

 

We will explore several issues in the book, including: the effects of bullying, acceptance, and how exclusion affects others. 

 

Please sign up in Mr. Taylor’s office if you want to be a part of this month’s “What’s the Issue?” book club.

 

GROUPS WILL BE LIMITED TO 10 GIRLS FOR EACH GRADE, SO SIGN UP BY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27^TH.  ONCE 10 GIRLS PER GRADE HAVE SIGNED UP, YOU WILL BE PUT ON A WAITING LIST.

 

Group dates will be announced on Friday, October 29^th.