Book Club

In the compound where I live, there is a boarding school for girls from approximately 7th to 12th grade. They lead extremely structured lives and spend a great deal of time praying and studying. Kaitlin and I wanted to do something educational, but also fun with them. So a few months ago we came up with the idea for a book club. With the help of my mom and a donation from my church, we were able to get four different sets of books. We choose books that are also movies, so after reading the books the girls could see the movie and compare the two. It took a while to get all the books here so we were only able to do the book club with one group of students this term. We decided to start with the SS1 and SS2 students, which is approximately 10th and 11th grade.  Tuck Everlasting was the book of choice for this group.  It was a huge success! They all hated the ending, but loved the discussion. We also discovered that they love reading! They started asking for more books like this one. I gave them the few we had brought from the U.S. and went to the school library for some more. They finished these books within the day. It is pretty impressive. Last night we finished Tuck Everlasting and started the movie. They loved it! I'm so glad we did this and I look forward to reading the remaining books with the girls next term.