Next Book

We settled on "Freak Show" by James St. James for June. Watch the email for discussion of dates. For July "The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian" is a strong contender. Of course, none of us have strong opinions but if you have one you'd like to share go for it!

Repossessed

Discussion decided that the book was deceptive; the cover led us to believe the read would be fun and quirky but the read was actually pretty deep. Like The Outsiders by SE Hinton, you could sense the femininity of the author coming through, coloring the feeling of the book. She asks a lot of questions that remain unanswered (maybe her intent?) and we wondered if there was a religious agenda to her work If so, it was non-denominational.
Overall, we were surprised that this was a Printz honor book; we rated it a resounding "thumbs medium"