We're kicking the year off with a selection from the NorthStar Book awards, the new Maine State Book Award for young adult fiction!
In order to vote for our choice, we will need to read at least three titles from the list. We'll read other books, of course, but this will get us started for the 2020/21 school year.
Choose your own adventure!
We're on a little hiatus until we learn when we'll be able to schedule with everyone again. Check back here or on our Google Classroom for updates.
Meeting Friday, January 8th
Have you read one of the North Star Award nominees? Want to chat about it with the book club. Join us via Meet this Friday at noon!
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER
"[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut. . . . Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities." -The New York Times
The award-winning, genre-defying novel by the New York Times bestselling author of THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI that explores themes of identity and justice and asks: How do you share the truth when the world around you is in denial?
Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?
There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with the lesson that the city is safe for everyone. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature who some might call monstrous but, in reality, is anything but, she must reconsider what she's been told. Pet has emerged from one of her mother's paintings to hunt a true monster--and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house. No one has encountered monsters in years, though, and Jam's quest to protect her best friend and uncover the truth is met with doubt and disbelief.