Thrasher Book Club
The newest Book Club selection is:
The Lemonade War
Booklist (March 15, 2007 (Vol. 103, No. 14)) Children's Book of the Year 2008
At the tail end of summer, Evan discovers that his younger sister, Jessie, who has just skipped third grade, will be not just in his grade, but in his fourth-grade classroom. Normally buddies, they find themselves at odds over trifles and increasingly determined to earn more money than the other before school starts. Lemonade stands, entrepreneurial schemes, and dirty tricks find their way into the competition before Evan and Jessie fess up to the concerns that are really worrying them. Each chapter begins with a business-oriented definition such as "underselling: pricing the same goods for less than the competition,"and the book ends with a poster entitled "Ten Tips for Turning Lemons Into Loot."However, the basics of economics take a backseat to Evan and Jessie's realizations about themselves and their relationship. Davies, author of Where the Ground Meets the Sky (2002), does a good job of showing the siblings'strengths, flaws, and points of view in this engaging chapter book.
The book club hopes it will be a great book to make us think about earning money and the importance of our gifts any time of year!
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Thrasher Book Club Permission Slip
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Students meet together in the Library to discuss their books on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30am.
Club members help to create a bulletin board in front of the library every other month.
The club goes on a field trip together at the end of the year to Wild Hare Books.
If you are interested in being a guest speaker, please contact one of the club sponsors below.
Club Sponsors:
Mrs. Rothberger, Mrs. Mies and Mrs. Johnston