Knowledge Readers Book Club

KNOWLEDGE READERS BOOK CLUB

"Knowledge Readers" book club in Irmo for students in 9th-12th grades

This is a fun, student-led book club with discussion. The club is limited to twelve members. (See Rules and Meeting Format at bottom of page)

We meet the first Friday of each month for discussion from 11:30am until 12:30pm. All members should bring $5.00 and a drink. We will order pizza to eat at the Camacho's house. Then we go to the REACH High Student Council meeting right after lunch! Call Sabrina Camacho at 960-9731 to register and for Irmo meeting location. If you wish your student to be transported to the Student Council meeting, please fill out the Permission Form.

More About Our Book Club:

CLUB RULES
�    Dropping Off - You will not be allowed to �drop off� your teen for this meeting unless I have a permission form on file. I have forms to cover the entire school year for you. If your teen will be driving on his/her own, please provide them with the proper papers to avoid the truancy crackdown happening in our school district.
�    Behavior - We will follow the same behavior requirements as REACH. Warning - Parent Involvement - Suspension - Expulsion. One person at a time talks and the volume level stays reasonable!
�    Attendance - We hope the teens attend each month. If a vacation is planned, or a medical situation arises, please let us know as soon as possible. These, of course, are excused absences. Three unexcused absences in the year opens your membership position to the next person on the waiting list. We wish everyone to be a contributing member of the book club and so require you to read the book selection and come prepared to discuss it.
�    There will be NO MEETINGS IN JUNE OR JULY.
�    Book Choices - Please choose books that are available in paperback to make them affordable. OR - plenty of copies available at the library. Make sure, too, that they are challenging (good Internet site: www.allreaders.com). There are lists of our previously read books below.
�    Make sure to write your questions down to share with the group.

MEETING FORMAT
11:30 - Meeting starts. Next month's three book selections are presented and discussed. Members vote on the one they wish to read.
11:45 - 12:30 - Book Discussion led by the person whose month it is.
�    Everyone brings written 3-5 �trivia-type�, literature discussion questions.

Books Read in 2006-2007:

August - We had no book selection over the summer!
September - "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie (Kelsey C.)
October - "Thieves of Blood: Blade of the Flame" (book 1) by Tim Waggoner(Kenny H.)
November - "The Giver" by Lois Lowry (Michael R.)
December - "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage" by Alfred Lansing
January - "Silas Marner" by George Eliot (Victoria L.)
February - "The Sword of Shannara" by Terry Brooks (Kate P.)
March - "Blood & Chocolate" by Annette Curtis Klause (Samuel M.)
April - "The Eye of the World� by Robert Jordan (Marie W.)
May - "Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wynne Jones (Michael R.)

2004-2005
August (Sylvia) "Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens"
September (Michael) Biography of "John Lennon" (various authors)
October (Tiffany) "Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain
November (Rachel) "Cast Two Shadows" by Ann Rinaldi
December (Kelsey) Christmas "The Christmas Blessing" by Donna VanLiere
January (Cindy) "Because of Winn Dixie"
February (Kenny) "Wizard of Earthsea"
"Stranded!" (Adventure on Lake Murray) by Idella Bodie
April - "The Hound of the Baskervilles"
May (David) "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" Mark Twain
"Lord of the Flies"
"Gulliver's Travels"
"At the Back of the North Wind"

2005-2006
"Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" by JK Rowling
"The Once and Future King" TH White
"Memoirs of a Papillon" by Dennis Fried
"Congo" by Michael Crichton
Short Stories ("The Red-Death Mask") by Edgar Allen Poe
"Hoot" by Carl Hiasson
"Hawksong" by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
"Kit's Wilderness" by David Almond
"Time Machine" by
"Pride and Predjudice"
"The Count of Monte Cristo"
"Hang Man's Curse"
"The Eye, The Ear, and The Arm"

2003-2004
January 2003 (Quinn P.) "The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom
February (Michael R.) "Mystery of Edisto Island" by Idella Bodie
March (Levi B.) "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" by CS Lewis
April (Alison G.) "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Lewis Stevenson
May (Rachel S.) "The Adventures of Robin Hood" by Roger Lancelyn Green
July (Michael R.) "Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix" by J.P. Rowling
and
"Rascal" by North
August (Quinn P.) "Traveler's Gift" by Andrews
September (Rachel S.) "The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy
October (Alison G.) "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
November (Kelsey C.) "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" by JRR Tolkien
December (Kenny H.) "Miracle on 34th Street" by Valentine Davies
January 2004 (Levi B.) "Downriver" by Will Hobbs
February (Cindy H.) "The Man Who Was Poe" by Avi
March (Michael R.) "One-Eyed Cat" by Paula Fox
April (Tiffany W.) "A Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne
May (Rachel S.) "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas

Books Read in 2007-2008:
August - "The Children of Hurin" by JRR Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien
September - "HP and the Deathly Hallows" by JK Rowling
October - "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
November - "Elsewhere" by Will Shetterly
December - "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee - NO MEETING
January '08 - "The Dolphins of Pern" by Anne McCaffrey
February - "Legend of the Emerald Rose" by Linda Wichman
March - "Timeline" by Michael Crichton
April - (Aaron R.)
May - (Marie W.)
June - (Kelsey C.)
Sept. '08 - (Kathleen M.)
Oct. '08 - (Emily M.)

Books Read in 2008-2009
Summer 2008 Reading - If you've not read "Eragon" (NOT like the movie!) or "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini, please try to get those read over the summer. We will be reading his newest release in the series this year, "Brinsingr" due out September 22nd.
PRESIDENT:
SECRETARY:
September - "The Eye, The Ear, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer
October - (Victoria M.)
November - "Brisingr" by Christopher Paolini
December - (Silas R.)
January 2009 - (Katy M.)
February - (Eric R.)
March - (Samuel M.)
April - (
May - (