Book Club Archive
2017-18
Title List 2017-18
1. The Orange Grove by Larry Tremblay
2. Amazing Grace by Lesley Crewe
3. Icarus Down by James Bow
4. The Handmaid’s Tale** by Margaret Atwood
5. Black Water Rising by Robert Rayner
6. The Skeleton Tree by Iain Lawrence
7. Two Generals by Scott Chantler
8. Rodent by Lisa J. Lawrence
9. Short for Chameleon by Vicki Grant
10. Unspeakable by Caroline Pignat
**The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985) has become a Canadian classic and offers a powerful criticism of North American society. However, the novel's unsettling content and themes may be troubling, especially to younger readers. While online ratings suggest readers be 16-17+, we recommend that any Book Club member talk to parents before choosing to read this book.
Note: An 11th book, Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel, has been added to our list to respect the decision of any student wishing to read 10 books but choosing not to read the Atwood title.
2016-17
Are You Seeing Me? by Darren Groth
The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Julian by William Bell
Shooter by Caroline Pignat
Soldier Doll by Jennifer Gold
The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim by e. k. johnston
The Tiffin by Mahtab Narsimhan
The Final Word: Caroline Pignat
2015-2016
About that Night by Norah McClintock
Baygirl by Heather Smith
Dance of the Banished by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Dying to Go Viral by Sylvia McNicoll
The Gospel Truth by Caroline Pignat
The Oathbreaker’s Shadow by Amy McCulloch
Piece by Piece by Teresa Toten
Rush by Eve Silver
Uncertain Soldier by Karen Bass
Who I’m Not by Ted Staunton
THE FINAL WORD: Ted Staunton
2014-15
Live to Tell by Lisa Harrington
The Rule of Three by Eric Walters
Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
My Book of Life by Angel by Martine Leavitt
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
Wake by Robert J. Sawyer
September 17 by Amanda West Lewis
Color of Silence by Liane Shaw
*The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten
THE FINAL WORD: Teresa Toten
2013-14
THE FINAL WORD: Sylvia McNicoll
2012-13
Tied for First Place!
ASHES, ASHES by Jo Treggiari
THE BITE OF THE MANGO by Mariatu Kamara
END OF DAYS by Eric Walters
THE GLORY WIND by Valerie Sherrard
* KARMA by Cathy Ostlere
NOT SUITABLE FOR FAMILY VIEWING by Vicki Grant
* QUEEN OF HEARTS by Martha Brooks
SHIP BREAKER by Paolo Bacigalupi
SOUL SURFER by Bethany Hamilton
TRUE BLUE by Deborah Ellis
THE FINAL WORD: Deborah Ellis
CHSBC 2011-12
1. *The Agency: A Spy in the House by Y. S. Lee
2. The Apprentice's Masterpiece by Melanie Little
3. Borderline by Allan Stratton
4. gravity brings me down by Natalie Ghent
5. Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
6. Hunger Journeys by Maggie DeVries
7. No Safe Place by Deborah Ellis
8. The Second Trial by Rosemary Boll
9. Shaken by Eric Walters
10. The Skin Map by Stephen Lawhead
11. This Gorgeous Game by Donna Freitas
THE FINAL WORD: Allan Stratton
CHSBC 2009-10
1. The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
CHSBC 2010-11The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Only in the Movies by William Bell
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
The Landing by John Ibbitson
Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers
Thunder over Kandahar by Sharon McKay
*War Brothers by Sharon McKay
Greener Grass by Caroline Pignat
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork
Wounded by Eric Walters
Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr
Sister Wife by Shelley Hrlitschka
THE FINAL WORD: Sharon McKay
2. Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
3. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
4. The Hunger Games* by Suzanne Collins
5. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
6. Acceleration by Graham McNamee
7. Meggido's Shadow by Arthur Slade
8. The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien), graphic novel illustrated by David Wenzel
9. Safe as Houses by Eric Walters
10. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
THE FINAL WORD: Eric Walters
CHSBC 2008-09 (first year of CHSBC!)
BiFocal~Deborah Ellis & Eric Walters
Chanda's Wars ~ Allan Stratton
Tweaked ~ Katherine Holubitsky
Gotcha! ~ Shelley Hrdlitschka
Mountain Girl, River Girl ~Ting-Xing Ye
Louis Riel: a comic strip biography ~ Chester Brown
Gravity Journal ~ Gail Sidonie Sobat
Run like Jager* ~ Karen Bass
Daughter of War ~ Marsha Skrypuch
Corps of the Bare-Boned Plane ~ Polly Horvath
THE FINAL WORD: Marsha Skrypuch
WCHS Book Club: 2007-08 Titles
WCHS Book Club 2006-07
After by Francis Chalifour
The Bonemender by Holly Bennett
Four Steps to Death by John Wilson
How to be a Hero on Earth 5 by Rob Payne
me and the Blondes by Teresa Toten
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Shattered* by Eric Walters
The Sundog Season by John Geddes
Three Songs for Courage by Maxine Trottier
Wild Orchid by Beverley Brenna
WCHS Book Club 2005-06
1. The Blue Helmet by William Bell2. Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton3. The Droughtlanders: Book Onein Triskelia Series by Carrie Mac4. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman5. Grist by Heather Waldorf6. Keturah & Lord Death* by Martine Leavitt 7. The Song of Kahunsha by Anosh Irani8. The Lottery by Beth Goobie9. The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
10. The Warrior’s Daughter by Holly Bennett
1. Esther* by Sharon McKay
2. Angeline by Karleen Bradford
3. Blue Highway by Diane Tullson
4. Sun Signs by Shelley Hrlidtschka
5. Acceleration by Graham McNamee
6. Rooster by Don Trembath
7. B for Buster by Iain Lawrence
8. The First Vial by Linnea Heinrichs
9. The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint