Our Book Log

Here you will find a list of all the books we've read together in book club:
2018
December: Ferdinand (book & movie)

2019 (9 years old)
January: Tua & The Elephant
February:  The Penderwicks
March:  Real Beauty (American Girl)
April: Turtle in Paradise
May: Hannah Divided
June:  Esperanza Rising
August: Secret Language of Girls
September: Vanished (by Chari)
October: A Year Down Yonder
November: My Life with the Chimpanzees
December:  Hairspray (movie)

 2020 (10 years old)
January:  Stella by Starlight
February:  Breadcrumbs
March:  The One and Only Ivan
April:  Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood
May:  From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
June: Great Wall of Lucy Wu
August:  Operation Redwood
September: The Care and Keeping of You 2
October: Mother Daughter Book Club (Frederick)
November: Gracefully Grayson
December:  Bend it Like Beckham (movie)

2021 (11 years old-- mid-year they head to middle school)
January:  Dress Coded
February:  Lions of Little Rock
March:  Front Desk
April:  Revenge of the Red Club
May:  My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer
June: Hoot
August:  Posted
September: Towers Falling
October: Number the Stars
November: When Stars Are Scattered
December:  Rabbit Proof Fence (movie)

2022 (12 years old)
January:  Planet Middle School
February:  The Giver
March:  The Prettiest
April:  Maybe He Just Likes You
May:  Ban This Book
June: The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
August:  Beyond the Bright Sea
September: Holy Troublemakers
October: Midnight at the Barclay Hotel
November: Fish in a Tree
December:  Throwdown & Stargirl (movie)


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