Too old for Book Chatters? Then join Book Babble - our newest book group for teens in grades 7 & 8. We meet the first Thursday of the month (please note September's meeting is held on a Wednesday evening) from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the Trustee's Room. We'll discuss some fantastic books and share refreshments. Pick up your copy of the title for discussion ahead of time at the Circulation Desk. Visit our EventKeeper to register for a specific session, or contact Nanci Milone Hill at 978-686-4080, extension 20 for more information.
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2009 - 2010 Schedule:
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney - September 9, 2009. 7:00 pm. Garden Room.
Summary: "No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl with her hair in tight pigtails, wearing a dress with a narrow white collar -- a three year old who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a shopping mall in New Jersey - she felt overcome with shock. She recognized that little girl - it was she. How could it possibly be true? Janie can't believe that her loving parents kidnapped her, but as she begins to piece things together, nothing makes sense. Something is terribly wrong. Are Mr. and Mrs. Johnson really Janie's parents? And if not, who is Janie Johnson and what really happened?
Witch Child by Celia Rees - October 1, 2009. 7:00 pm. Trustee's Room.
Summary: "First they 'walked' her, marching her up and down, up and down between them for a day and night until she could no longer hobble, her feet all bloody and swollen. She would not confess. So they set about to prove she was a witch...." Enter the world of young Mary Newbury, a world where simply being different can cause a person her life. Hidden until now in the pages of her diary, Mary's startling story begins in 1659, the year her beloved grandmother is hanged in the public square as a witch. Mary narrowly escapes a similar fate, only to face intolerance and new danger among the Puritans in the New World. How long can she hide her true identity? Will she ever find a place where her healing powers will not be feared?
Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser - November 5, 2009. 7:00 pm. Trustee's Room.
Summary: "During her preschool years, Tara Sullivan lived in terror that something bad would happen to her mother while they were apart. In grade school, she panicked during the practice fire drills. Practice for what? Tara asked. For the upcoming disaster that was bound to happen? Then, at age 11, it happened. Tara heard the phrase that changed her life. "Step on a crack, break your mother's back." Before Tara knew it, she was counting every crack in the sidewalk. Over time, Tara's 'quirks' grew and developed; arranging her meals on plates, nonstop prayer rituals, until she developed a new ritual where she kissed her fingers and touched doorknobs..."
The Readheaded Princes by Ann Rinaldi - December 3, 2009. 7:00 pm. Trustee's Room.
Summary: "Growing up, Elizabeth fears she can never be Queen. Although she is the King's daughter, no woman can ever hope to rule over men in England, especially when her mother has been executed for treason. For all her royal blood, Elizabeth's life is fraught with danger and uncertainty. Sometimes she is welcome in the royal court; other times she is cast out into the countryside. With her position constantly changing, the Princess must navigate a sea of shifting loyalties and dangerous affections. At stake is her life-for beheading is not uncommon among the factions that war for the Crown."
In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes - January 7, 2010. 7:00 pm. Trustee's Room.
Summary: "Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human, she died and was transformed against her will."
Nobody's Princess by Esther Friesner - February 4, 2010. 7:00 pm. Trustee's Room.
Summary: "Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout the Mediterranean world."
Buddah Boy by Kathe Koja - March 4, 2010. 7:00 pm. Trustee's Room.
Summary: "With his shaved head and begging bowl the new kid is an automatic target for the bully boys of Edward Rucher High-an easy mark for their casual cruelty.Watching this, Justin would gladly stay as far from the newcomer as possible-until their economics teacher pairs them for a project and he finds himself becoming fascinated by the kid the others mock as “Buddha Boy.” The thing is, friendship with an outcast always carries a price, and soon Justin must decide if he can stay silent in the face of what he knows."
Beyond the Burning Time by Kathryn Lasky - April 1, 2010. 7:00 pm. Trustee's Room.
Summary: "When, in the winter of 1691, accusations of witchcraft surface in her small New England village, twelve-year-old Mary Chase fights to save her mother from execution."
Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah. May 6, 2010. 7:00 pm. Trustee's Room.
Summary: "Lebanese-Australian Jamilah, known in school as Jamie, hides her heritage from her classmates and tries to pass by dyeing her hair blonde and wearing blue-tinted contact lenses, until her conflicted feelings become too much for her to bear."
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene - June 3, 2010. 7:00 pm. Trustee's Room.
Summary: "When German prisoners of war are brought to her Arkansas town during World War II, twelve-year-old Patty, a Jewish girl, befriends one of them and must deal with the consequences of that friendship."
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