Join us for lively discussions, activities, friendship and fun! For boys ages 8 – 12 accompanied by a caring adult. Sign up and pick up your booklist at the Larsen-Sant Library! We will meet at 7:00 p.m. (please not age requirements. No younger siblings please.)

October 3rd |at 7:00pm| Woods Runner

Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the frontier of a British colony, America. Far from any town or news of the war against the King that American patriots have begun near Boston.
But the war comes to them. British soldiers and Iroquois attack. Samuel’s parents are taken prisoner. Samuel follows hiding, moving silently, determined to find a way to rescue them. Each day he confronts the enemy and the tragedy and horror of this war. But he also discovers allies--men and women working secretly for the patriot cause. And he learns that he must go deep into enemy territory to find his parents: all the way to the British headquarters, New York City.

November 7th |at 7:00pm| Frindle

Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? He really just likes to liven things up at school and he's always had plenty of great ideas. When Nick learns some interesting  information about how words are created, suddenly he's got the inspiration for his best plan ever...the  frindle. Who says a pen has to be called a pen? Why not call it a frindle? Things begin innocently enough as Nick gets his friends to use the new word. Then other people in town start saying “frindle”. Soon the school is in an uproar, and Nick has become a local hero. His teacher wants Nick to put an end to all the nonsense, but the funny thing is “frindle” doesn't belong to Nick anymore. The new word is spreading across the country and there's nothing Nick can do to stop it.

January 9th |at 7:00pm|The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs

Life in Sassafras Springs has always been predictable, boring even. But one afternoon that changes when Eben McAllister's pa challenges him to find Seven Wonders in Sassafras that rival the real Seven Wonders of the World. The reward? An adventure that Eben's been craving-- a trip to Colorado. Eben doesn't think he'll have any luck. He can't think of one single thing that could be considered wondrous in Sassafras.

February 6th |at 7:00pm| Freckle Juice

Nicky has freckles. They cover his face, his  ears, and the whole back of his neck. Sitting behind him in class, Andrew once counted eighty-six of them and that was just a start! If Andrew had freckles like Nicky, his  mother would never know if his neck was dirty. One day after school, Andrew works up enough courage to ask Nicky where he got his freckles. When know-it-all Sharon overhears, she offers Andrew her secret freckle juice recipe for fifty cents. It's a lot of money, but Andrew is desperate. At home he carefully mixes the strange combination of ingredients. Then the unexpected happens...

March 6th |at 7:00pm| A Single Shard

Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, a potters’ village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter’s craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday. When Min takes Tree-ear on as his helper, Tree-ear is elated–until he finds obstacles in his path: the backbreaking labor of digging and hauling clay, Min’s irascible temper, and his own ignorance. But Tree-ear is determined to prove himself–even if it means taking a long, solitary  journey on foot to present Min’s work in the hope of a royal commission . . . even if it means arriving at the royal court with nothing to show but a single celadon shard.

April 3rd |at 7:00pm| Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Charlie Bucket's wonderful adventure begins when he finds one of Mr. Willy Wonka's precious Golden Tickets and wins a whole day inside the mysterious chocolate factory. Little does he know the surprises that are in store for him!