Books for Boys
Book Club
FOR BOYS AGES 8 TO 11 AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING ADULT
EVERY third Thursday AT 6:30 PM in the community room, unless indicated differently in the schedule.
Come enjoy discussions of amazing tween novels, create a craft, and have a treat! All while enjoying the friendship of other boys and their accompanying adults.
Book club reading copies will be available for checkout from the circulation desk about a month prior to the meeting. There is a limit of one copy per household.
SCHEDULE
September 11, 2025—Kick Off Event!*
October 16, 2025—Fablehaven
November 13, 2025—A Rover’s Story*
No book club in December
January 22, 2026, at 6:00 pm—Awesome Minds: The Inventors of LEGO Toys
February 19, 2026—Artemis Fowl
March 19, 2026—The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure
April 9, 2026—The False Prince*
April 30, 2026—Summer of the Monkeys*
*combined with the Great Reads for Girls Book Club
Reading List
September 11, 2025
Kick-Off Event!
We’ll have this event with the members of the Books for Boys Book Club! We will “meet” the books we’re reading this year, create a cool reading buddy & book pin …
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October 16, 2025
Fablehaven
by Brandon Mull
For centuries mystical creatures of all description were gathered into a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their …
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November 13, 2025
A Rover’s Story
by Jasmine Warga
Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble …
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January 22, 2026
Awesome Minds
by Erin Hagar
Everyone has played with LEGO® toys, but not many people know who is behind this awesome invention. This fun and …
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February 19, 2026
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
“Stay back, human. You don’t know what you’re dealing with.” Who is Artemis Fowl? A genius. A criminal mastermind. A …
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March 19, 2026
The Tower Treasure
by Franklin W. Dixon
It all starts with the boys, Frank and Joe, on their motorcycles delivering important papers to a lawyer in Willowville for …
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April 9, 2026
The False Prince
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an …
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April 30, 2026
Summer of the Monkeys
by Wilson Rawls
The last thing fourteen-year-old Jay Berry Lee expects to find while trekking through the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma is a tree full of …
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September 11, 2025, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room
Kick-Off Event!
We’ll be meeting with the members of the Great Reads for Girls Book Club
Join us for our Fall Kick-off Party!
Calling all young adventurers ages 8-11 and your side-kick adult!
Join the Books for Boys or Great Read Reads for Girls Club, where we dive into exciting stories, get creative with hands-on projects, and satisfy your taste buds with delicious treats. Every month, we’ll explore a new world through a thrilling book, chat about our favorite parts, and bring the story to life with an awesome craft or STEM project!
For this kick-off book party, we will “meet” the books we’re reading this year, create a cool reading buddy & book pin banner, enjoy a snack, and make new friends!
Join us for an hour of non-stop fun!
October 16, 2025, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
For centuries mystical creatures of all description were gathered into a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary survives today as one of the last strongholds of true magic. Enchanting? Absolutely. Exciting? You bet. Safe? Well, actually, quite the opposite.
Kendra and her brother, Seth, have no idea that their grandfather is the current caretaker of Fablehaven. Inside the gated woods, ancient laws keep relative order among greedy trolls, mischievous satyrs, plotting witches, spiteful imps, and jealous fairies. However, when the rules get broken — Seth is a bit too curious and reckless for his own good — powerful forces of evil are unleashed, and Kendra and her brother face the greatest challenge of their lives. To save their family, Fablehaven, and perhaps even the world, Kendra and Seth must find the courage to do what they fear most.
book 1 in the Fablehaven series
Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians
Miranda rated it ★★★★★.
Mindy rated it ★★★★.
November 13, 2025, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room
A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga
We’ll be meeting with the members of the Great Reads for Girls Book Club
Meet Resilience, a Mars rover determined to live up to his name.
Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop human-like feelings. Maybe there’s a problem with his programming….
Human emotions or not, launch day comes, and Res blasts off to Mars, accompanied by a friendly drone helicopter named Fly. But Res quickly discovers that Mars is a dangerous place filled with dust storms and giant cliffs. As he navigates Mars’s difficult landscape, Res is tested in ways that go beyond space exploration.
As millions of people back on Earth follow his progress, will Res have the determination, courage—and resilience—to succeed… and survive?
Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians
Miranda rated it ★★★★ and said “Great information for kids wondering about space exploration and a very humanized look at using robots for that job.”
January 22, 2026, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room
Awesome Minds: The Inventors of LEGO® Toys
by Erin Hagar
Everyone has played with LEGO® toys, but not many people know who is behind this awesome invention. This fun and engaging book tells the story of how a Danish carpenter and his family turned a desperate situation into the most popular toy in history. With full-color illustrations and lively text, and chock-full of interesting facts, Awesome Minds: The Inventors of LEGO® Toys is the perfect read for those with creative spirits and curious minds.
February 19, 2026, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
“Stay back, human. You don’t know what you’re dealing with.”
Who is Artemis Fowl? A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is not twelve years old. Yet crafty as he is, Artemis may have met his match in Captain Holly Short, an elf from the LEPrecon Special Forces, when he plots to steal the richest treasure the world has ever known- the timeless treasure of the fairies!
book 1 in the Artemis Fowl series
Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians
Mary rated it ★★★★★.
Miranda rated it ★★★.
March 19, 2026, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room
The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon
It all starts with the boys, Frank and Joe, on their motorcycles delivering important papers to a lawyer in Willowville for their father, Fenton Hardy. He’s the well-known private investigator who lives with his family in Bayport. A reckless driver almost forces them over the embankment. It is not long before they find that their friend Chet’s yellow jalopy has been stolen, possibly by the same red-haired driver! Stolen loot may be the issue. Later a dying criminal confesses that the loot has been stashed “in the tower” and the Hardy Boys make an astonishing discovery.
book 1 in The Hardy Boys series
April 9, 2026, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
We’ll be meeting with the members of the Great Reads for Girls Book Club
In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king’s long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner’s motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword’s point—he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. But Sage’s rivals have their own agendas as well.
As Sage moves from a rundown orphanage to Conner’s sumptuous palace, layer upon layer of treachery and deceit unfold, until finally, a truth is revealed that, in the end, may very well prove more dangerous than all of the lies taken together.
book 1 in the Ascendance series
Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians
Bekka rated it ★★★1/2 and said “this was a fun book! I enjoyed the characters, and by the end I was rooting for the hero. I look forward to reading the other books in this series.”
Mary rated it ★★★★★.
April 30, 2026, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
We’ll be meeting with the members of the Great Reads for Girls Book Club
The last thing fourteen-year-old Jay Berry Lee expects to find while trekking through the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma is a tree full of monkeys. But then Jay learns from his grandpa that the monkeys have escaped from a traveling circus, and there’s a big reward for the person who finds and returns them.
His family could really use the money, so Jay sets off, determined to catch them. But by the end of the summer, Jay will have learned a lot more than he bargained for—and not just about monkeys.
Ratings and Reviews from the Librarians
Lorna rated it ★★★★★ and said “I liked the humor and the unique flavors of Key West.”
Patty rated it ★★★★.
May 5, 2024, at 6:30 pm in the Community Room
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
Life isn’t like the movies. But then again, 11-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple.
She’s smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it’s 1935 and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. So when Turtle’s mama gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn’t like kids, Turtle says goodbye without a tear and heads off to Key West, Florida, to live with relatives she’s never met.
Florida’s like nothing Turtle’s ever seen before though. It’s hot and strange, full of ragtag boy cousins, family secrets, scams, and even buried pirate treasure! Before she knows what’s happened, Turtle finds herself coming out of the shell she’s spent her life building, and as she does, her world opens up in the most unexpected ways.
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