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 14, 2023—Kick Off Event!* Help us pick the books we’ll read for the upcoming year!
October 19, 2023—Only if You Dare: 13 Stories of Darkness and Doom
November 9, 2023—The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter*
No book club in December
January 18, 2024, at 6:00 pm—Guts and Glory: The American Revolution*
February 8, 2024—Holes*
March 21, 2024—The Wild Robot
April 18, 2024—Ban This Book
May 2, 2024—Hatchet*

*combined with the Mother Daughter Book Club

Reading List

September 14, 2023

Kick-Off Event!

We’ll have this event with the members of the Mother Daughter Book Club! Come in and …

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October 19, 2023

Only if You Dare
by Josh Allen

You never know what’s out to get you. Though you might think you’re safe from monsters and menaces, everyday …

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November 9, 2023

The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
by Aaron Reynolds

Rex Dexter is itching to have a dog. He was practically born to have one. His name is Rex, for crying out loud. It’s a dog’s …

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January 18, 2024

Guts & Glory:
The American Revolution

by Ben Thompson

From George Washington crossing the icy Delaware, to Molly Pitcher fearlessly firing her cannon, the people of the American Revolution were some …

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February 8, 2024

Holes
by Louis Sachar

Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations …

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March 21, 2024

The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got …

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April 18, 2024

Ban This Book
by Alan Gratz

It all started the day Amy Anne Ollinger tried to check out her favorite book in the whole world, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, from the …

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May 2, 2024

Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen

Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane suffers a heart attack. Brian is forced to …

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  • Monday: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Tuesday - Wednesday: 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • 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
  • October 5 – Building Maintenance
  • October 31 – Closing at 5:00 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

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