Copies of The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare are now available at the circulation desk to check out. Join us on Monday, Nov. 23 in the library conference room. Bring your lunch! This first title in The Mortal Instruments series is also an Abe Lincoln Illinois HS Book Award 2010 nominee. For a [...]
Posted on November 12th, 2009 by Shirley Volk
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Library Book Club-Please join us in the library conference room on Monday, Oct. 26 to hear about and discuss “How I paid for college: a novel of sex, theft, friendship and musical theater” by Marc Acito. Book club meets every two weeks so stop in to find out more and suggest future books to discuss. [...]
Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by bherbert
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As we close out the school year, below is the list of the books you all (tried to?) read for our book club meetings. For those of you who had a super busy year and didn’t get a chance to read them, even though you happily made time to join our meetings, here’s a list [...]
Posted on June 2nd, 2009 by Shirley Volk
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See you at lunch to discuss Life as We Knew It. It’s also one of the Abe Lincoln 2010 nominees , so get a head start on the list!
Check out Susan Beth Pfeffer’s blog.
Posted on May 18th, 2009 by Shirley Volk
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We met today and shared some recently added titles to the collection:
“Impossible” by Nancy Werlin, “Heir to Sevenwaters” by Juliet Marillier, “Gifted” by Nikita Lalwani, “Kendra” by Coe Booth and “What I Saw and How I Lied” by Judy Blundell which is the 2008 National Book Award winner. It’s a book with something for everyone-a [...]
Posted on January 26th, 2009 by Shirley Volk
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Our next meeting will be held in the usual spot-HS library conference room. Let’s talk about suggestions for winter break reads. I’ll have books to share. Copies of our January book, “Persepolis” a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, are now available. Ask for one at the circulation desk. Bring your lunch and I’ll bring treats. See you [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2008 by Shirley Volk
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Hi all,Book Club will be meeting tomorrow during lunch in the conference room. This month’s selection is The Nature of Jade by Deb Caletti. It’s the story of a girl, a boy, a baby, and some elephants. :) I hope you can all make it! Bring your lunch. Ms. Akers
Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Kate Akers
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Dear Book Club,
First, thank you to all who attended last week’s invigorating discussion of The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury! We had a great time and a huge turnout.
Second, Book Club will meet next Tuesday, December 11, again at 12:20 in Feitler. Let’s all take a break from the crunch of test week to relax, [...]
Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Kate Akers
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Dear Book Club,
The next book club meeting will be Tuesday, November 27 at 12:20. We will be meeting in the high school’s Feitler Lab. Our selection this month is The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. Please see me if you need a copy — the library will soon have some extras on hand! I hope [...]
Posted on November 8th, 2007 by Kate Akers
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The High School Book Club will be meeting for the first time this year on Thursday, October 25 at 1:00 in the Middle School Classroom.The book selection is TBA, so stay posted. If you have a recommendation, please tell me about it! You can post here, email me at makers@ucls.uchicago.edu, or best yet, let me [...]
Posted on October 8th, 2007 by Kate Akers
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