–I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

–The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

–The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan

–The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

–A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

–The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

–The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

–Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

–A Great and Terrible Beauty Trilogy by Libba Bray

–A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

–Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

–The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

–The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

–The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

–Old Magic by Marianne Curley

–Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

–The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

–Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

–Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

–Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

–Katherine by Anya Seton

–Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

–The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Non-fiction:

–The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank

–Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah

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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=book+club+questions

i think that should help….

Your proposal might be boosted if you could say you already had N students interested in attending.

At least our local B&N – they are very nice and supportive of the homeschool community. I even got a teacher discount card as a homeschool teacher.

The worst that will happen is they will politely say no. But, I bet they will say yes. It is good for their business.

1) is it better to start a book club in the summer (at a local book store) or should i start one during the school year (at my school)?
2) how do i get the funds to buy the books that we read? are there any places willing to donate to book clubs?
3) what are some books that boys and girls would be interested in reading?
4) how do i get people interested in joining?

any other tips are greatly appreciated! =]

Yeah, I would start it at school
Have everyone buy their own copy
Vampirates, Missing Persons series, Stephen King
Cool flyers

Usually we let each person in the group take turns picking. That way everyone gets to choose an author or genre that they KNOW they like and one and everyone else gets to read something they might not have normally picked for themselves.

Have fun with it. I love it!

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Darlene

As for actually starting a club, you would have to speak with whomever is in charge of the extra curriculars at your school. If you need a teacher’s supervision for the use of a classroom, either after school, before or at lunch, might I suggest an English or Drama teacher? Any teacher could enjoy a book club, but the standard idea is that you could "assign" a book to read for the month and then have a good discussion about the books after reading them.

If you wanted to just have a discussion about Twilight, you could get supervision from a teacher and post a sign that advertises a "Book Talk" where you would invite others who have read and loved (or hated) the book to come and speak about the finer points of it.

If you don’t want to go that far, you could have an impromptu night at your home with your friends where you can all discuss the book. Everyone has a different favourite scene, character or quote… You could get everybody to do something for it- bring a themed dish, draw a little handout, make a collage, write how you would have the scene, dress as a character, etc.. With a little hard work and perseverance, you could have a great discussion going, you just have to think up some great, open-ended questions to debate!

Good luck, and happy reading!

and pass some flyers too- you never know