MSBA Book Group: A Handful of Stars

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Maine Student Book Award Book Group A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord Good read aloud. In the blueberry barrens in Downeast Maine,12-year-old Lily is determined to raise money to pay for eye surgery for her beloved, elderly, blind dog. She meets Salma, a Hispanic girl from a migrant worker family, in Maine for the […]

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Book Discussion Group: Classic Works of Literature and Their Modern Retellings

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“Classic Works of Literature and Their Modern Retellings.” We will read a classic work one month, followed by its modern adaptation the next month. January 9 - Hamlet by William Shakespeare February 6 - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski March 6 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte April 3 - The Flight […]

Maine Student Book Award Book Group: Masterminds

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  Book Discussion: Masterminds by Gordon Korman Serenity, New Mexico, seems perfect until the kids who live there discover that trying to cross the town line is paralyzing. The town factory is not really manufacturing traffic cones. What else are the town officials (and their own parents!) not telling their children? The first book in […]