Spring 2024 Book Club Selection:

Accountable, by Dashka Slater

"When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as “edgy” humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account, and pretty soon, everyone knew. Ultimately no one in the small town of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account’s discovery: not the girls targeted by the posts. Not the boy who created the account. Not the group of kids who followed it. Not the adults―educators and parents―whose attempts to fix things too often made them worse. In the end, no one was laughing, and everyone was left wondering: What does it mean to be held accountable for harm that takes place behind a screen?" (goodreads.com)

Join us April 22nd @ 6 p.m. in the Innovation Hub or on Zoom!

Fall 2023 Book Club Selection:

We are Not Free, by Traci Chee

"We Are Not Free, is the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose lives are irrevocably changed by the mass U.S. incarcerations of World War II.

Fourteen teens who have grown up together in Japantown, San Francisco.

Fourteen teens who form a community and a family, as interconnected as they are conflicted.

Fourteen teens whose lives are turned upside down when over 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry are removed from their homes and forced into desolate incarceration camps.

In a world that seems determined to hate them, these young Nisei must rally together as racism and injustice threaten to pull them apart. " (goodreads.com)

Please join us discussion on November 13th @ 6 p.m. in the Innovation Hub

Spring 2023 Book Club Selection:

Solito, by Javier Zamora

In this heart-wrenching memoir, San Rafael City Schools alumni, poet, and NYT-bestselling author, Javier Zamora tells the story of his harrowing two-month long journey from El Salvador to the U.S. at the age of nine. Zamora will join our ninth graders, who have also been reading the book, for a live disucssion on Friday May 12th at San Rafael High School. Parents who attend our book club meeting on April 17th at 6 PM in the TL Innovation Hub will be invited to attend the live event.

October 2022 Book Club Selection:

We are Not From Here, by Jenny Torres Sanchez

"Pulga, Chico, and Pequeña have no false illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Though their families--both biological and found--create a warm community for them, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the three teens know they have no choice but to run: for the border, for the hope of freedom, and for their very lives. " (goodreads.com)

Please join us discussion on Wednesday October 19th at 6:00 p.m. via this  zoom link.

May Book Club Selection:

There There, by Tommy Orange.

"Together, this chorus of (12) voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American--grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism." (goodreads.com)

Please join us discussion on Monday, May7 23rd at 5 p.m. via this  zoom link.

APRIL BOOK CLUB SELECTION:

Dear Martin, by Nic Stone. The story of a young man grappling with racism and injustice as he comes of age.

Please join us for a special student and teacher panel & discussion on Monday, April 18th at 5 p.m. via zoom.