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Book Club Report: Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo

by Maya Mahony

Published November 28, 2022

An update from book club! Today in Stone Soup Book Club, we discussed Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo, a wonderful, whimsical novel about a girl who befriends a squirrel with superpowers! The story is...

Book Club Report: Front Desk by Kelly Yang

by Maya Mahony

Published October 29, 2022

Book Club Report: The Time of Green Magic by Hilary MacKay

by Maya Mahony

Published September 24, 2022

An update from book club! Greetings from Book Club! It was a delight to come back together for another book club meeting after the summer vacation. We discussed The Time of Green Magic by Hilary...

Book Club Report: A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat

by Maya Mahony

Published May 9, 2022

Book Club Report: The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell

by Maya Mahony

Published March 29, 2022

An update from our thirty-fourth Book Club meeting! This month we read and discussed The Wolf Wilder, an enchanting and suspenseful novel set in tsarist Russia, which follows Feo, a young girl who works with...

Book Club Report: Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan

by Maya Mahony

Published February 28, 2022

Book Club Report: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

by Maya Mahony

Published January 31, 2022

An update from our thirty-second book club meeting! On January 29th, we discussed Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis. Students attended from all over the United States and we had an engaging discussion. This...

Book Club Report: The Austen Girls, Lucy Worsley

by Laura Moran

Published December 15, 2021

Book Club Report: When Stars Are Scattered, Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

by Laura Moran

Published November 4, 2021

Book Club Report: Beyond the Bright Sea, Loren Wolk

by Laura Moran

Published September 28, 2021

Book Club Report: Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo

Post Published November 28, 2022 by Maya Mahony

Book Club Report: Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Post Published October 29, 2022 by Maya Mahony

An update from book club! Today we discussed Kelly Yang’s award-winning novel Front Desk, which follows Mia Tang, a ten-year-old girl who immigrates to the U.S. from China with her parents, and now helps them run a motel in California. Kelly Yang wrote the novel based on her real childhood experiences. Mia and her family struggle with poverty and their mean boss, Mr. Yao.

Book Club Report: The Time of Green Magic by Hilary MacKay

Post Published September 24, 2022 by Maya Mahony

An update from book club! Greetings from Book Club! It was a delight to come back together for another book club meeting after the summer vacation. We discussed The Time of Green Magic by Hilary MacKay, an enchanting book in which three step-siblings and their parents move into a mysterious old house in London.

Book Club Report: A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat

Post Published May 9, 2022 by Maya Mahony

An update from our thirty-fifth Book Club meeting! This month we discussed A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat, a suspenseful and moving novel set in a magical version of Thailand. The book follows Pong, who is born in Namwon prison, because his mom was imprisoned for stealing. He escapes the prison, and hides in a monastery, where he is guided spiritually by the wise Father Cham.

Book Club Report: The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell

Post Published March 29, 2022 by Maya Mahony

Book Club Report: Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Post Published February 28, 2022 by Maya Mahony

An update from our thirty-third book club meeting! On February 26th, we discussed Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan. This uplifting and beautifully-written novel follows thirteen-year-old Esperanza Ortega. She has a charmed childhood as the daughter of a wealthy ranch-owner in Mexico, but a tragedy causes her to flee to the United States with her mother.

Book Club Report: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

Post Published January 31, 2022 by Maya Mahony

Book Club Report: The Austen Girls, Lucy Worsley

Post Published December 15, 2021 by Laura Moran

An update from our thirty-first Book Club meeting! On Saturday, September 11th, our final Book Club meeting of the year, we were so very fortunate to be joined by renowned author and historian, Lucy Worsley, to discuss her book, The Austen Girls. The session was small, which meant that we were able to have thorough in-depth conversations with Ms.

Book Club Report: When Stars Are Scattered, Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

Post Published November 4, 2021 by Laura Moran

An update from our thirty-first Book Club meeting! On October 30th, the Stone Soup Book Club discussed When Stars Are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed. When Stars Are Scattered is based on Omar’s life in Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya and his journey to resettlement in the United States. The story is told in the form of a graphic novel.

Book Club Report: Beyond the Bright Sea, Loren Wolk

Post Published September 28, 2021 by Laura Moran

An update from our thirtieth Book Club meeting! On September 25, the Stone Soup Book Club discussed Beyond the Bright Sea, by Loren Wolk. Beyond the Bright Sea tells the story of twelve-year-old Crow and her search for her birth family after having spent her entire life on an isolated island off the coast of Massachusetts, with Osh, the guardian who rescued and raised her.

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