Book Club in a Bag for Teens

Book Club in a Bag for Teens

Each book club kit consists of a 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.

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How to Check Out a Book Club in a Bag

Book Club in a Bag kits are checked out for 6 weeks and may not be renewed
Two kits may be checked out at a time
Kits may be reserved, but not for a specific time period
Ask for a kit at the Main Library's Youth Services desk (or the Circulation desk if it's on reserve for you).
Kits may not be checked out on temporary cards.
Kits may be picked up and returned at the Main Library or the branch libraries
Kits may not be inter-library loaned
Overdue fines are $2.00 per day
Kits must be returned inside the Library (do not put them in a bookdrop)

If you have ideas for new Book Club in a Bag titles, please let us know! (Titles must be available in paperback.)
Email your suggestions to webmail@duluth.lib.mn.us

Book Club in a Bag for Teens Titles:

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. (Nonfiction)

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.

Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.

Schedule permitting, Kirby Larson is available to talk with your book club! Contact her through her website to arrange for a Skype conversation.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss' skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. (Science Fiction)

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts. (Science Fiction)

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.

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.

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.

Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop.

Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community.

Book Club in a Bag was begun with a generous gift from the Friends of the Duluth Public Library.

	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. (Nonfiction)
	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.
	Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe. Schedule permitting, Kirby Larson is available to talk with your book club! Contact her through her website to arrange for a Skype conversation.
	The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss' skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. (Science Fiction)
	Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts. (Science Fiction)
	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.
	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.
	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.
	Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop.
	Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community.

6/13/12 Duluth Public Library, 520 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802

6/13/12
Duluth Public Library, 520 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802