Library Club

Join the Library RATs (Readers And Thinkers)

Read books!  Think about them!  Join in lively discussions!  

Library RATs, McDaniel's Library Club, is for people who like to read, think, and hang out in the Library. We come together to share thoughts and have lively discussions. Also, club members get special library privileges! The Library RATs help organize fundraisers and advise on ways to improve library operations.  Join us as we choose exciting new books to read and have great discussions at each meeting!

2025-26 Meeting Schedule is the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month during lunch in the Library!  

Bring your food. Ms. Sullivan will provide chips & cookies!

Books we read in 2023-24: 

Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar by Roald Dahl 

Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Midnight Library by Matt Haig 

2021- 2022 Library RATs

Standing (back row): Stella Felker, Erin West, Celia Leap, Meredith Gifford, Leyna Ngo, Katherine McBee, Ann Bui, Sula Grinstead, Avery MacDicken

Sitting (front row): Lucy Shields, Ms. Sullivan (advisor), Sylvie Parzybok, Coen Parzybok, Demitri Evans

Not pictured: Jacqueline Vo, Ngan Nguyen 

Books we read in 2021-22:

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 

2020- 2021 Library RATs

Top Row: Nancy Sullivan (Advisor), Celia Leap, Zane Emerson, Helen Pruitt

Bottom Row:  Meredith Gifford, Katherine McBee, Lincoln Wheeler, not pictured: Alina Gurrola-Mendez

Books we read in  2020 - 2021:

October - Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein

November - Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

December - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

January - Sun Is Also Star by Nicola Yoon 

February - Dead Zone by Stephen King

March - Animal Farm by George Orwell

April - House at Baker Street by Michelle Birkby

May – Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

June - Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka & End of Year Celebration!

Summer - Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

2019 - 2020 Library RATs

Back Row: Parker Guralnick, Erin Challenor, Lily Batty, Jaida Leap, Celia Leap, Katherine McBee

Front Row: Coen Parzybok, Iolar Lima, Nancy Sullivan (Advisor), Nellwyn Yott

Books we read in  2019 - 2020:

October - Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple  (Movie watching party on 2/22/20)

November - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue  by Mackenzi Lee

December - The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

January - Sherwood Nation by Benjamin Parzybok 

February - Sherwood Nation by Benjamin Parzybok 

2018 - 2019 Library RATs

Back Row: Nancy Sullivan (Advisor), Peter Gillooly, Carson Flores, Meagan Graves, Coen Parzybok, Nellwyn Yott

Front Row: Erin Challenor, Iolar Lima, Katherine McBee, Lily Batty, (not pictured - Jaida Leap)

Books we read in  2018 - 2019:

October - The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant  by Drew Hayes

November - You Don't Know My Name by Kristen Orlando

December – Alive by Scott Sigler

January - Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

February - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 

March - She Will Persist by Erin Challenor (aka  dragonflyashes)

April - She Will Persist by Erin Challenor (aka  dragonflyashes)

May – She Will Persist by Erin Challenor (aka  dragonflyashes)

June - End of Year Celebration!

2017 - 2018 "International" Library RATs

Back Row: Lily, Carson, Erin, Sylvia

Front Row: Nancy Sullivan (Advisor), Meagan, Sabina, (not pictured - Lucia)

Books we read in  2017 - 2018:

October - Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

November - Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

December – The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

January - Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

February - This is Not a Love Letter by Kim Purcell

March - This is Not a Love Letter by Kim Purcell

April - Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

May – Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

June - End of Year Celebration!

2016 - 2017 Library RATs

Back Row: Magali, Carson, Sabina,

Front Row: Sylvia, Nancy Sullivan (Advisor), Esme (left MHS), Meagan, (not pictured: Kylie, Ainsley)

Books we read in 2016 - 2017:

October - Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond

November - City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

December - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

January - Breathing Room by Marsha Hayles

February - The Edge of Lost by Kristina McMorris

March - I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

April - Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin

May - Discussed the April book and planned our party

June - End of Year Celebration!

2015 - 2016 Library RATs

Back Row: Sylvia, Nancy Sullivan (Advisor), Kylie, Erin (Practicum Student)

Front Row: Magali, Sabina, Meagan

Books we read in 2015 - 2016:

October - It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

November - Asylum by Madeleine Roux

December - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

January - My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger

February - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

March - Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

April - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Movie watching party on 4/30/16)

May – Discussed the April book and planned our party

June – End of Year Celebration! (Pizza and exotic fruit party)

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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

- Henry David Thoreau