Summer book club for junior high girls - grades 7-9?

[LNC]

I want to do this for 10 weeks this summer. We have a large homeschool ministry at our church I could ask girls to join. I was thinking of having the girls dropped of with a sack lunch. We would discuss the book fo 1 hr., then take them to the pool for lunch and swimming as long as they want until their moms pick them up. Good idea?

 

I am a former english major with a bookshelf of literary analysis books. :) My biggest question is what books to read? I would start with Edith Nesbit and then move up to Jane Austen? Who else? I want to use a few study guides to check comprehension but I will also concentrate on literary analysis using sparknotes etc. 4 books in 10 weeks sounds good right?

 

Thanks for suggestions!!!!!

Edited April 3, 2012 by LNC

[Chris in VA]

That sounds like so much fun!

 

Could you pick 3 books that might have some common theme, maybe handled 3 different ways? Maybe (pulling out of thin air here) courageous girls, or tests of faith and how they handled it, or just funny books? Or books dealing with change/growing up, like Scott Peck's Year Down Yonder and its sequel? (or deeper than those)

 

Maybe start with lunch, then discuss for a while, then go to the pool when discussion seems finished (an hour for formal discussion, but they could continue at the pool) but definitely include an ending time so parents can plan better and so all the girls know when it's over. Maybe 2 hours of pool time, but when moms come, you could stll hang a bit and chat, so they know to come pick up, but there's no rush to leave?

[LNC]

That sounds like a good idea. My "theme" is good or great books that aren't on my Lightning Lit book list. :) HA! I do want them to be stretches reading wise. I thought they would come to the first meeting already having read Faerie Gold to prepare them. Then our first book would be Edith Nesbit. She is a great bridge to the great books imo.