BOOK CLUB PANIC
Jan. 21st, 2009 09:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
penmageI'm suddenly having a panic attack. My teen book club is meeting this weekend, and I haven't picked the next book for us to read, and suddenly I'm riddled with panic. I haven't read enough books. I don't own enough books! What do I pick?
You know and I know I've read a billion books, but suddenly I can't think of anything and everything I think about seems wrong. Getting a second opinion would help, I think.
Here's my criterion: the age group is 11-14, girls. They're all really strong readers. The book we pick should be high level, but free of any content parents might find objectionable, what with me being married to the rabbi and all that. No sex, no major profanity.
Our previous reads have been The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu and Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson.
I'd like to read with them something that they probably haven't already read, so I'd prefer a newer title--also because it will be easier for them to find copies of a book that's newer on the market.
PLEASE TO GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS.
You know and I know I've read a billion books, but suddenly I can't think of anything and everything I think about seems wrong. Getting a second opinion would help, I think.
Here's my criterion: the age group is 11-14, girls. They're all really strong readers. The book we pick should be high level, but free of any content parents might find objectionable, what with me being married to the rabbi and all that. No sex, no major profanity.
Our previous reads have been The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu and Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson.
I'd like to read with them something that they probably haven't already read, so I'd prefer a newer title--also because it will be easier for them to find copies of a book that's newer on the market.
PLEASE TO GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS.
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Date: 2009-01-21 04:51 pm (UTC)I'm concerned that some parents might find Hunger Games too violent. And How to Ditch Your Fairy has a very boyfriends-centric plot, which I'm afraid may not go over well.
Both good books and good choices. Unfortunately I think I need to rely on them more as books I lend to them from my lending library and less books that are our official Book Club read.