DCES Book Club

Kathy McCray, media specialist, sponsors our Book Club.  A select group of students in fourth or fifth grades reads from the Georgia Book Award nominee list.  Each week Mrs. McCray discusses the books with students using a quiz bowl game format.  Students will compete at the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl in February against other schools in our region.

GEORGIA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD NOMINEES 2009-2010

ESPECIALLY FOR LOWER GRADES (4-5)

• TRADING PLACES by Mills, Claudia (2006).

• SAVING THE GRIFFIN by Nitz, Kristen W. (2007).

ESPECIALLY FOR UPPER GRADES (7-8)

• UPRISING by Haddix, Margaret P. (2007).

• THE WEDNESDAY WARS by Schmidt, Gary D (2007).

POSSIBLY FOR ALL GRADES (4-8)

• THE PUZZLING WORLD OF WINSTON BREEN by Berlin, Eric (2007).

• THE RISING STAR OF RUSTY NAIL by Blume, Lesley M. M. (2007).

• BEARWALKER by Bruchac, Jospeh (2007).

• THE VERY ORDERED EXISTENCE OF MERILEE MARVELOUS by Crowley, Suzanne (2007).

• ELIJAH OF BUXTON by Curtis, Christopher Paul (2007).

• HIROSHIMA DREAMS by Easton, Kelly (2007).

• THE ENTERTAINER AND THE DYBBUK by Fleishman, Sid (2008).

• THE SORTA SISTERS by Fogelin, Adrian (2007).

• FOOTBALL GENIUS by Green, Tim (2007).

• DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS by Hahn, Mary D. (2007).

• DO THE MATH: SECRETS, LIES AND ALGEBRA by Lichtman, Wendy (2007).

• GREETINGS FROM NOWHERE by O'Connor, Barbara (2008).

• BILLY CREEKMORE by Porter, Tracey (2007).

• LEEPIKE RIDGE by Wilson, N.D. (2007).

• SOMEONE NAMED EVA by Wolf, Joan M. (2007).

• FEATHERS by Woodson, Jacqueline (2007).

Members of the club invite everyone to read the books, too. 

Are YOU smarter than the Book Club?