Watervliet Book Club announces 2012 meeting dates

Dec. 22, 2011

The Watervliet Book Club is gearing up for the new year. All Watervliet students, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc are invited to read the book of the month. The Book Club will meet at the Watervliet Public Library to discuss the book. Students that attend the book club will receive extra credit from their English teacher. Any questions, ask Ms. Cahill (room 214)

Tuesday, January 24th (6:30-7:30pm)
Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay
Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv' Holocaust roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours….

Tuesday, March 6th (6:30-7:30pm)
Numbers, by Rachel Ward
Ever since she was child, Jem has kept a secret: Whenever she meets someone new, no matter who, as soon as she looks into their eyes, a number pops into her head. That number is a date: the date they will die. Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. The two plan a trip to the city. But while waiting, Jem is terrified to see that all the other tourists in line flash the same number. Today's number. Today's date. Terrorists are going to attack London….

Tuesday, April 3rd (6:30- 7:30)
Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out how she made the list.

Tuesday, May 1st (6:30-7:30)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green
One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, Will Grayson crosses paths with . . . Will Grayson. Two teens with the same name, running in two very different circles, suddenly find their lives going in new and unexpected directions….

Tuesday, June 5th (6:30-7:30)
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's fiercest racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past....

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