Book Club

Club Purpose: The purpose of the VHS Book Club is to raise interest and engage students in literature and literacy, and contribute to the reading culture at Valley High School. Book Club members collaborate with each other about literature, participate in activities to bring technology together with literacy, promote reading on campus, and engage in school/community service.  Book Club activities will be sustained through fund-raising.

F2F Club Meetings: The VHS Book Club meets in the library every Tuesday during lunch.

Academic Lettering:  VHS Book Club members can earn an Academic Letter at the end of a school year if they meet the following criteria each semester:

1.  Earn a GPA of 2.5 or better.

2.  Attend VHS Book Clubs meetings (90% attendance or better).

3.  Create one 5-minute book talk about a favorite book.

4.  Create one 2-minute iMovie book trailer about a favorite book.

5.  Complete 6 hours of school/community service.

6.  Participate in fund-raising activities.

Lobizona by Romina Garber

This is Where It Ends by Marieke NijKamp

The Similars by Rebecca Hanover

March: Book One by John Lewis

The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez

 

Far from the Tree by Robin Benway

Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar and Dave Johnson

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Looking for Alaska by John Green (reread for new members)

Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Another by Yukito Ayatsuji

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith 

Free Choice to Share

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

Feed by M.T. Anderson

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Genius by Leopoldo Gout

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer