Book Club in a Bag for Kids & Teens
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Each book club kit consists of a grey cloth bag containing 10 copies of a book, plus a Study Guide with background information about the book and the author and possible discussion questions. Also included are tips and resources for making your book club and its discussions even better. More book clubs for kids and teens
How to Check Out a Book Club in a Bag
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Book Club in a Bag for Kids Titles:
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Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko A 12-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister. Check the Library Catalog |
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Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. Check the Library Catalog |
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Chew on This by Eric Schlosser A look at fast food, what's in it, how it's made, and what it does to our bodies. Check the Library Catalog |
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Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. Check the Library Catalog |
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Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson In 1793 Philadelphia, 16-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. Check the Library Catalog |
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Frindle by Andrew Clements When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control. Check the Library Catalog |
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Joey Pigza Swallowed the
Key by Jack Gantos To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription meds wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired. Check the Library Catalog |
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Love That Dog by Sharon Creech A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem. Check the Library Catalog |
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My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt Growing up in Saitter, Louisiana, in the 1950s, twelve-year-old Tiger Ann struggles with her feelings about her stern, but loving grandmother, her mentally slow parents, and her good friend and neighbor, Jesse. Check the Library Catalog |
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Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results. Check the Library Catalog |
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Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda Because only he can read the magical map, young, weak, and timid Rowan joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and try to restore their water supply, as fears of a dragon and other horrors threaten to drive them back. Check the Library Catalog |
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Skellig by David Almond Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel. Check the Library Catalog |
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A Step From Heaven by An Na A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America. Check the Library Catalog |
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Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had. Check the Library Catalog |
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Sweetblood by Pete Hautman
After a lifetime of being a model student, sixteen-year-old Lucy Szabo is suddenly in trouble at school, at home, with the "proto-vampires" she has met online and in person, and most of all with her uncontrolled diabetes. Check the Library Catalog |
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life. Check the Library Catalog |
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Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt A family accidentally stumbles upon a spring with water endowing them with the gift of eternal life. Seventy years later, without having grown a day older, a young girl discovers them and learns their secret. Check the Library Catalog |
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The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition. Check the Library Catalog |
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When My Name was Keoko by Linda Sue Park With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely. Check the Library Catalog |
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The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life. Check the Library Catalog |
Book Club in a Bag was begun with a generous gift from the Friends of the Duluth Public Library.
