Looking for a fun way to meet up with friends while playing games, doing crafts and STEM projects, and talking about books? The Page Turners Book Club is recommended for more experienced independent readers (in grades 3-5) who enjoy longer chapter books.
Registration required. Register here!
New From Here by Kelly Yang | When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evans’s mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California, where they think they will be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international move, and for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work. At his new school in California, Knox struggles with being the new kid. His classmates think that because he’s from Asia, he must have brought over the virus. At home, Mom just got fired and is panicking over the loss of health insurance, and Dad doesn’t even know when he’ll see them again, since the flights have been cancelled. And everyone struggles with Knox’s blurting-things-out problem. As racism skyrockets during COVID-19, Knox tries to stand up to hate, while finding his place in his new country. Can you belong if you’re feared; can you protect if you’re new? And how do you keep a family together when you’re oceans apart? Sometimes when the world is spinning out of control, the best way to get through it is to embrace our own lovable uniqueness.
We offer two Book Scouts groups: the Story Seekers and the Page Turners. Both will read different genres and styles, including chapter books, graphic novels, novels-in-verse, and short stories. Most selections will be fiction, but some months may include non-fiction. Participants vote for their book selection each month.