Parent & Student Book Group

The Ball-Hyland Team

Parent & Student Book Club

Next Book & Meeting:

So B. It by Sarah Weeks

Wednesday, December 9th 5:30 - 7:00pm

Just about thirty of us met on 10/13 to discuss our first book, Al Capone Does My Shirts. We had a great time talking about the book and enjoying each other’s company. Three lucky kids went home with free Scholastic book coupons, and one prize winner won an autographed hardcover copy of the Al Capone sequel. If you couldn’t make it on Tuesday night (or if you were there…), we’d like to invite you to join us in December, as our book group meets again to discuss So B. It, by Sarah Weeks.

The date is Wednesday evening, December 9^th, from 5:30 – 7:00pm in room 109. So…get a copy of the book (*see below) and join us to discuss it – you’ll be glad you did!

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You couldn't really tell about Mama's brain just from looking at her, but it was obvious as soon as she spoke. She had a high voice, like a little girl's, and she only knew twenty-three words. I know this for a fact, because we kept a list of the things Mama said tacked to the inside of the kitchen cabinet. Most of the words were common ones, like good and more and hot, but there was one word only my mother said, soof.

Although she lives an unconventional lifestyle with her mentally disabled mother and their doting neighbor, Bernadette, Heidi has a lucky streak that has a way of pointing her in the right direction. When a mysterious word in her mother's vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi's thirst for the truth leads her on a cross-country journey in search of the secrets of her past.

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If you’d like to buy a paperback copy of the book, please send in a check made out to Scholastic for $5.95 as soon as possible. We ordered 15 copies from Scholastic Books and they should arrive by the end of next week. First come, first served!

Student Name _______________________________________

(Check enclosed for $5.95 made out to Scholastic)

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We will meet four more times this school year:

Wednesday, December 9th 5:30 - 7:00pm

Monday, January 25th 5:30 - 7:00pm

Thursday, April 1st 5:30 - 7:00pm

Wednesday, May 26th 5:30 - 7:00pm