Readergirlz

What a great discussion today about The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks! We only got to questions from a few of the tables, but so many people had great observations that we ran out of time. Unfortunate to anyone who did not get to express their feelings, but what a wonderful problem to have. If you have any more opinions about the book, please feel free to post them as comments to this entry on the blog. We'd love to hear what you think!

It was fun to see what some of you wrote to your future selves. I will store the letters in a safe place and will give them to you your senior year. It will be fun to see if what is important to you now is still important then. And, after a rough start, the sealing wax was a great success. Anyone who had to leave early should come to the media center as soon as you finish your letter. I have envelopes and enough sealing wax to complete your project.

Next month's read: The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman. This book is a definite departure from all of our other Readergirl selections in that the protagonist is. . . A GUY!!! I wonder what kind of "opinionating" that will add to our next book discussion. :)

P.S. - Are any of you interested in meeting once or twice during the summer? Maybe at the public library?

Guys Read March Madness

The Lightning Thief was a huge hit. All the guys enjoyed the books and 80% of them had read the next book in the series, with 2 more guys already into the third. Way to go Guys! Interesting dialog about which god or goddess each guy would like as a parent and even more interesting discussion about parts of the plot they liked, would change or would enhance. Lockerman Guys do not lack imagination, for sure!
Of course, what is a Guys Read meeting without making a mess? We trooped outside to try to explode Ziploc bags using a combo of water, vinegar and baking soda. All but 1 bag blew up, but we're not quite sure if it was from the ingredients or the forceful landings some of them made. Next we tried poking pencils through Ziploc bags full of water to see how many we could get through without the bag leaking. Winner was D.S. with a record 12 pencils. Very cool.
Our next meeting will be in April when we will discuss the book Scat by Carl Hiaasen and try our luck at being Mythbusters with Mentos and soda.