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January Guys Read and Girls Read

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Every month we have two book clubs for kids here at the Provo City Library! These book clubs are just for kids ages 9-12 and a caregiver. This month, our Guys Read book club will meet January 22 and our Girls Read book club will meet January 27. You can register now, using the library's online calendar!
Guys Read is reading:

My Side of the Mountain
By Jean Craighead George
New York: Dutton, 1988. Fiction. 177 pgs.

After becoming increasingly unhappy in his family's overcrowded apartment in the city, 12-year-old Sam runs away to live in the Catskill Mountains. Suddenly alone, Sam must fend for himself in his search for independence. Alone, he struggles to survive and provide himself with food, shelter, and clothing. As he becomes increasingly isolated, Sam discovers that ultimately he needs human companionship more than he imagined. This survival tale won the Newbery Honor in 1960 and has remained popular with young readers.

Girls Read is reading:

By Kelly Barnhill
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 2016. Fiction. 388 pgs.

Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. The witch, named Xan, is confused why the village doesn't want their babies. Each year, she saves the babies - feeding them starlight and finding them happy homes across the forest. One year, she accidentally feeds the rescued baby moonlight instead of starlight and gives the baby magical abilities.  To protect her from herself, Xan buries Luna's magic deep inside until her 13th birthday when it begins to pour out. This is a fantastical and epic coming of age story set in a lush, marvelously described world, and is the winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal.
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