The Book Club Shelf

A Drowned Maiden's Hair

Author: Laura Amy Schlitz

Lexile Score: 690

Genre: Historical fiction

Maturity level: 5th grade (seances?)

Pages: 400

Review in 25 words or less:  Brutally tragic drama.  Cheering for Maud, preparing yourself for a possible letdown.  You want Hyacinth to love Maud for reasons she never will.  Grade: A

Theme: Honesty, Mourning

Project ideas:  Um, bring in a ouiji board?

First Line: On the morning of the best day of her life, Maud Flynn was locked in the outhouse, singing 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Main Character: Maud Flynn

Reading First Summer Institute

Hi!

If you are reading this you probably attended my book club session at the rivercentre.  Thanks for coming!  As I mentioned, this website is still in a very rough draft sloppy-coppy stage.  It is my summer project to organize all my book club stuff onto this site.  Several people asked for a list of the books I use, and I will post that list asap, but it might not be for a few weeks.  I will also attempt to post my entire PPP when I figure out exactly how that is done.  For now, if you would like to use the book club forms, you can find those to the right under the heading "Pages" - the link is book club files.

Again, I am really honored that so many people attended my session - I hope it was useful to you.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at [email protected]

Have a GREAT summer!

Matt

Inkheart

Author: Cornelia Funke (I've heard it pronounced (FUN'-kuh)

Lexile Score: 780

Genre: Fantasy (some literary reference to other classic novels)

Maturity level: 3rd grade (VERY long and requiring an exceptional commitment of time and energy.)

Pages: 534

Films: (coming soon)

Review in 25 words or less: 

Theme:  The power of books

Project ideas:  What would happen if a character from one of your favorite books popped out of the pages?

First Line: Rain fell that night, a fine, whispering rain.