Parent Volunteers are needed for the WCMS READS Events!
The WCMS Library will again be hosting its WCMS READS Eventsonce each month (*see below) in the WCMS Library during club time. This event is an opportunity for students and volunteers to get together for book discussion, food and fun! Students and volunteer leaders will select a book from a list (see below) to read on their own, and then will meet with others who have read the same book. Individual students will meet ONE time during the school year. The WCMS Library will provide the books, refreshments and some general discussion questions. Volunteers may wish to create their own questions. Volunteers can participate when convenient and are not required to attend every session, though they are certainly welcome to! Please encourage your middle schooler to participate and we would love to have you volunteer!
Please contact Kathleen Mook, WCMS Librarian, at if you would be interested in leading a discussiongroup and which title(s) you prefer. All volunteers must complete the required background check. Hope to see you there!
Among the Hidden / Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, p1998, c1998
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years hiding in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong. This short, engaging novel is very popular with students.
Do You Know the Monkey Man? / Dori Hillestad Butler.
Peachtree, p2005, c2005
While searching for the father who left her and her mother ten years ago, thirteen-year-old Samantha begins to believe that the twin sister who supposedly died when they were three years old is still alive. A fateful decision sets into motion a chain of events and confrontations that will change Samantha's and her family's lives forever. This title is very popular with girls and mystery lovers.
Heat / Mike Lupica.
Puffin Books, p2007, c2006
Pitching prodigy and Cuban American Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof. By popular sports author for middle school, Mike Lupica.
The Ghost of Graylock/ Dan Poblocki's
Scholastic Press, 2012
Twelve-year-old Neil and his older sister Bree are sent to live in the country with their aunts for the summer. When the siblings learn of the legend of Nurse Janet, accused of murdering children at the now-abandoned psychiatric hospital Graylock Hall, they dig into the mystery with terrifying results. Uncovered secrets, chilling suspense, and many cliff-hangers abound.
*We have been told the club meeting times will be usually the 2nd Friday of the month. *We will start WCMS READS in October. Hope to see you then!