Ever since I became the “Oz lady” a year and a half ago, one of my goals has been to have Lemuria book clubs for kids. This time last year, I was all pumped up about a book club for 5th graders, wrote a blog about it and everything, and no one ever contacted me. I figured that it just wasn’t meant to be and had given up on it for the time being when a few parents came to me requesting that we host a book club. Of course I answered “Yes!” and began planning right away. I was still a little leery that my boy and girls book clubs wouldn’t stick, so we just met every month with 4 or 5 kids in each group. However, it’s now January and we are still meeting!

With the girls we have read our way through Any Which Wall by Laurel Snyder,  The Pharaoh’s Secret by Marissa Moss, Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild,and Bird’s Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin. The boys have been busy reading too with books like Nine Pound Hammer by John Claude Bemis, Whales on Stilts by M. T. Anderson, and Alabama Moon by Watt Key.

Since our book clubs have weathered the initial storm, I would like to open these book clubs to any 5th or 6th grade boys or girls who are interested.

Our 5th/6th grade boys book club meets the second Friday of every month from 3:30-4:45. This month that means we will be meeting this Friday. We will be discussing The Jaguar Stones #1 Middleworld by J&P Voelkel. Jon and Pamela were here last year for the paperback release of this book and they were such a hoot. They will be back this March to sign the next book in The Jaguar Stones series, The End of the World Club.

Our 5th/6th grade girls book club meets the last Friday of every month from 3:00-4:15. This month, that means that we will be meeting Friday, January 28th. We will be discussing Up and Down the Scratchy Mountain by Laurel Snyder. Laurel was here this fall to sign her newest book (and Lemuria’s absolute favorite) Penny Dreadful. We began this book club with Laurel’s book Any Which Wall, and we are excited to be doing another of her adorable books.

And starting in February, we will host the first ever meeting of our 7th/8th grade girl’s book club. The first meeting of this book club will be Saturday, February 19th from 1:00-2:00. We will be discussing Matched by Ally Condie, the start of a dystopian trilogy that is one of my favorite books right now. This book has a great range of characters, references to poetry, and is perfect for Hunger Games fans. I am so excited that we will be starting this book club with this book!

And as an added bonus, you get a 10% discount on any book that you buy from us specifically for one of our book clubs. Each of these book clubs meets just right outside the front of Lemuria and is led by me. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me at emily@lemuriabooks.com, call the store (601.366.7619) and talk to me, or just stop on by. I hope we will have some new members in the upcoming months. Keep reading and thanks to all of you who make this possible.

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