Discover discussion starters for City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda, our February 2021 Middle Grade Book Club pick! Check our website and social media accounts for updates.
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Announcing our February Book Club pick for Young Adult readers: Wings of Ebony by J. Elle! Check our website and social media accounts for our reading plans and discussion starters.
Announcing our February Book Club pick for Middle Grade readers: City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda! Check our website and social media accounts for our reading plans and discussion starters.
Discover discussion starters for Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, our January 2021 Young Adult Book Club pick! Check our website and social media accounts for updates.
Discover discussion starters for Before the Ever After by Jaqueline Woodson, our January 2021 Middle Grade Book Club pick! Check our website and social media accounts for updates.
Announcing our first book club pick for young adult readers: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas! Check our website and social media accounts for our reading plans and discussion starters.
Cemetery Boys
by Aiden Thomas
When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free.
However, the ghost he summons is actually Julian Diaz, the school’s resident bad boy, and Julian is not about to go quietly into death. He’s determined to find out what happened and tie off some loose ends before he leaves. Left with no choice, Yadriel agrees to help Julian, so that they can both get what they want. But the longer Yadriel spends with Julian, the less he wants to let him leave.
Announcing our first book club pick for middle grade readers: Before the Ever After by Jaqueline Woodson! Check our website and social media accounts for our reading plans and discussion starters.
Before the Ever After
by Jaqueline Woodson
For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone’s hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he’s as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ’s house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. ZJ’s mom explains it’s because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. ZJ can understand that–but it doesn’t make the sting any less real when his own father forgets his name. As ZJ contemplates his new reality, he has to figure out how to hold on tight to family traditions and recollections of the glory days, all the while wondering what their past amounts to if his father can’t remember it. And most importantly, can those happy feelings ever be reclaimed when they are all so busy aching for the past?
