LET'S TALK BOOKS!

Grades 2–8
Thursdays, 4:00–4:45 p.m.   ■   Huntley Meeting Room

Read the book and have fun talking about it with other kids. Copies of the books are available at the ASK ME Desk. Snacks and lemonade provided. Discussions are limited to 18 students per session. Sponsored by the St. Charles Optimist Club.  REGISTER

Students outside the District: $2 per date. You may register 2 weeks before.

• Participation Guidelines
• Book Group Etiquette
• Registration Procedures

• Student Book Reviews - written by students who participated in the Let's Talk Books Student Book Discussion Groups.

Book Capers

Grades 2 & 3

Summer

Completed Grades 2 & 3

Tues. July 9  •   4:00–4:45 p.m.  •   Huntley Meeting Room
Summer Reading Is Killing Me by Jon Scieszka
At the beginning of summer vacation, Sam, Joe and Fred find themselves transported to a bizarrely bookish universe. They find themselves trapped in their summer reading list. Can they find The Book and get home before the Headless Horseman and a dastardly Mr. (Teddy) Bear do away with the heroes of their stories OR will Alice become Frankenstein in Wonderland?

Thur. Aug. 1  •   4:00–4:45 p.m.  •   Huntley Meeting Room
Twisted Journeys: The Time Travel Trap by Dan Jolley
Imagine you’re at a school science fair, excited and hoping your earthworm experiment wins first prize. But then you wander too close to another student’s time machine project and--zap!--you’re suddenly jolted back to the past or forward to the future. How will you deal with all the strange situations . . . and strange people? And how will you find your way back to your own time?

Scene Stealers

Grades 4 & 5

Summer

Completed Grades 4 & 5

Tues. July 16  •   4:00–4:45 p.m.  •   Huntley Meeting Room
The Absolutely True Story...How I Visited Yellowstone Park with the Terrible Rupes
by Willo Davis Roberts
What they thought would be a dream vacation turns into a nightmare for 12-year-old Lewis and his twin sister Alison, when they accompany their irresponsible new neighbors on a trip to Yellowstone Park and are chased by two mysterious men.

Tues. Aug. 6  •   4:00–4:45 p.m.  •   Huntley Meeting Room
Andrew Zimmern’s Field Guide to Exceptionally Weird, Wild & Wonderful Foods: An Intrepid Eater’s Digest
by Andrew Zimmern and Molly Mogren  (J 394.12 ZIM)
The host of the Travel Channel’s Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods America shares memorable moments from his unconventional
culinary travels while describing some of the more unusual foods he has sampled. Lots of fun facts about culture, geography, art and history are highlighted.

View Point

Grades 6-8

Spring

Thursday, May 30, 4:00–4:45 p.m. 
The Goats by Cole Brock
Laura and Howie, two misfits at summer camp, are stripped of their clothes as a joke and left for the night on an island in the middle of a lake.  Once they realize that they are the “goats,” they decide to play a practical joke of their own. What will everyone think if they never go back to camp?

Summer

Completed Grades 6–8

Tues.  July 23  •   4:00–4:45 p.m.  •   Huntley Meeting Room
Titanic Crossing by Barbara Williams
In 1912, 13-year-old Albert considers his younger sister a pest. Things change when they travel with their mother and uncle aboard the Titanic and are caught up in its tragic sinking. Can Albert save his sister’s life—and his own?

Thur. Aug. 15  •   4:00–4:45 p.m.  •   Huntley Meeting Room
A Year Without Autumn by Liz Kessler
Twelve-year-old Jenni’s much-anticipated vacation with her family and best friend Autumn goes awry when an old elevator transports her to a future in which everything has changed. She must not only return to her time, but find a way to prevent what she has seen from coming true.