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Novel Ideas

a monthly book group for those in grades 6-8

Novel Ideas meets on the second Tuesday of every month from 7-8 p.m.  We discuss a different title every time and gorge ourselves on snacks and soda.  Free copies of the book to be discussed are handed out at each meeting and are also available in the Teen Zone.  Join us!

Next time at Novel Ideas:

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko

Kirsten and Walk, seventh-graders at an elite private school, alternate telling how race, wealth, weight, and other issues shape their relationships as they and other misfits stand up to a mean but influential classmate, even as they are uncovering a long-kept secret about themselves.