What We're Reading

TEACHERS AS READERS

EERC'S TAR GROUPS

Book Discussion Groups
Sponsored by EERC and ORA

Gayla Clark TAR Group Coordinator
gaylaclark@comcast.net

The Joanne Johnson Group

Meets at 4:30 on the first Tuesday of every other month at a restaurant or members' homes.
Facilitator: Gayla Clark
(gaylaclark@comcast.net)

August 16, 2011: On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

October 4, 2011: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Kerry Dukin

December 6, 2011: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen

February 7, 2012: Among Penguins by Noah Stryker

April 3, 2012: Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

June 5, 2011: River House: A Memoir by Saralee Lawrence


The Kids' Books Group

Meets on the last Tuesday of every month at 4:30 at the Oregon Electric Station (except summer when we meet at member's homes).
Facilitator: Barbara McKillip
(libri@librifoundation.org)

September 27, 2011:
Ways to Live Forever
by Sally Nicholls
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

October 25, 2011:
Dicey's Song
by Cynthia Voigt
The Compound by S. A. Bodeen

November 29, 2011:
Victory by Susan Cooper
My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian

December 27, 2011 (1:00 pm):
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce

January 24, 2012:
The Grimm Legacy
by Polly Shulman
What Would Joey Do? by Jack Gantos (or another in series)

February 28, 2012:
The Wednesday Wars
by Gary Schmidt
Notes from a Liar and Her Dog by Gennifer Choldenko

March 27, 2012:
Alchemy and Meggy Swan
by Karen Cushman
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen

April 24, 2012:
The Reinvention of Moxie Roosevelt
by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

May 22, 2012:
Waiting for Normal
by Leslie Connor
The Last Newspaper Boy in America by Sue Corbett

June 26, 2012:
Anything but Typical
by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer

July 24, 2012:
The White Giraffe
by Lauren St. John
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

August 28, 2012:
Deadline
by Chris Crutcher
Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen

September 25, 2012:
Out of My Mind
by Sharon Draper
All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg


The Cecelia Group

Meets at 10:00 on a Saturday of every other month at members' homes
Facilitator:
Sandy Coffin (sandycoffin@comcast.net)

Thursday, August 12, 2011: Little Bee by Chris Cleave

October 1, 2011: The Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg

December 3, 2011: To Dance With the White Dog by Terry Kay

February 4, 2012: The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt

April 2, 2012: Without Reservations by Alice Steinbeck

Summer: TBA