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 12, 2024—Kick Off Event!* 
October 17, 2024—Gregor the Overlander
November 14, 2024—Dragon Slippers*
No book club in December
January 16, 2025, at 6:00 pm—A Long Walk to Water
February 13, 2025—Flora & Ulysses*
March 20, 2025—The Ruins of Gorlan
April 10, 2025—The Mouse and the Motorcycle
May 1, 2025—Dealing with Dragons*

*combined with the Great Reads for Girls Book Club

Reading List

September 12, 2024

Kick-Off Event!

We’ll have this event with the members of the Great Reads for Girls Book Club! We will “meet” the  …

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October 17, 2024

Gregor the Overlander
by Suzanne Collins

When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats …

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November 14, 2024

Dragon Slippers
by Jessica Day George

Poor Creel. She can’t believe her aunt wants to sacrifice her to the local dragon. It’s a ploy to lure a heroic knight so that he will fight the dragon, marry …

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January 16, 2025

A Long Walk to Water
by Linda Sue Park

Nya is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. Salva becomes one of the …

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February 13, 2025

Flora & Ulysses
by Kate DiCamillo

It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self …

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March 20, 2025

The Ruins of Gorlan
by John Flanagan

They have always scared him in the past — the Rangers, with their dark cloaks and shadowy ways. The villagers believe the Rangers practice magic that …

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April 10, 2025

The Mouse and
the Motorcycle

by Beverly Cleary

Living in a knothole in a hotel room, young Ralph has seen plenty of families come and go, some more generous with their crumbs than …

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May 1, 2025

Dealing with Dragons
by Patricia C. Wrede

The traditional duties of a princess fail to please Cimorene, the daughter of a very proper king. She is quite sure that there’s more to the world than …

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  • Monday: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
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  • Thursday: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • Friday: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Saturday: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • Sunday: CLOSED

Closures in 2024

  • January 1 – New Year’s Day
  • January 15 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
  • February 19 – Presidents Day
  • March 22 – Staff Development Day
  • April 6 – Building Maintenance
  • May 25-27 – Memorial Day
  • June 19 – Juneteenth
  • July 4 – Independence Day
  • August 31 – September 2 – Labor Day
  • September 20 – LCEI Conference
  • October 5 – Building Maintenance
  • October 31 – Open from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
  • November 11 – Veterans Day
  • November 27 – Closing at 5:00 pm
  • November 28-30 – Thanksgiving
  • December 24-26 – Christmas
  • December 31 – New Year’s Eve
  • January 1, 2025 – New Year’s Day

Closures in 2025

  • January 1 – New Year’s Day
  • January 20 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
  • February 17 – Presidents Day
  • April 5 – Building Maintenance
  • May 24-26 – Memorial Day
  • June 19 – Juneteenth
  • July 4 – Independence Day
  • August 30-September 1 – Labor Day
  • October 4 – Building Maintenance
  • October 31 – Open from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
  • November 11 – Veterans Day
  • November 26 – Closing at 5:00 pm
  • November 27-29 – Thanksgiving
  • December 24-26 – Christmas
  • December 31 – New Year’s Eve
  • January 1, 2026 – New Year’s Day

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