Teens and Tweens want to find ways to connect and relate to their friends and peers. Educators want them to be engaged and improve their literacy skills. Book club combines these two wants. Running a book club requires very little staff and effort, and the provided resources demystify some of the processes. Teens and Tweens find common ground, and common experiences by discussing books suited for their reading levels. Educators and volunteers can use the resources to build a club, so the teens & tweens have a platform to improve their literacy skills.

• Materials

• Book Recommendation Cards (can be simple as post-it notes or use this template from Scholastic (https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/lesson-plans/migrated-featured-files/oct06_book_recommendation_cards.pdf)

• Multi-Color Pens & Colored Pencils

• Instructions

  • • Have the kids/teens/adults fill out post it notes or book recommendation cards, then place these next to the books they are talking about.

      • This can also enhance book displays or be done with a bulletin board

America's Battle of the Books is a reading incentive program for students in 3rd thru 12th grades. America's Battle of the Books (ABB) offers resources to students, parents, schools (public or private), librarians, home schools, and international schools. They are a membership organization and to order questions each organization must become a member for a nominal fee of $40.