Hi there book lovers! We are Mrs. Gangnath and Ms. Pollack, book club advisors. Mrs. Gangnath has been the Library Media Tech here at Brookhurst for 29 years! Ms. Pollack has been teaching at Brookhurst for 26 years, and she currently teaches 7th grade English.
After years of talking about starting a book club at Brookhurst, we finally did it! We are both passionate about social justice issues and work hard to make sure every child can see an ally in us. When not attending book conferences, book signings, or book sales, we can be found curled up with a good book that we will soon be telling everyone we know to read! We are thrilled to share our love of books and reading with students!
Chaos Theory
by Nic Stone
The First Rule of Climate Club
by Carrie Firestone
The Taking of Jake Livingston
by Ryan Douglass
This Book Won't Burn
by Samira Ahmed
Give Me a Sign
by Anna Sortino
Currently Reading:
Attack of the Black Rectangles
by Amy Sarig King
The Canyon's Edge
by Dusti Bowling
Falling Short
by Ernesto Cisneros
Iveliz Explains It All
by Andrea Beatriz Arango
The Sea in Winter
by Christine Day
Maizy Chen's Last Chance
by Lisa Yee
The 57 Bus
by Dashka Slater
Code Red
by Joy McCullough
Mascot
by Charles Waters & Traci Sorell
Moxie
by Jennifer Mathieu
Long Way Down: the graphic novel
by Jason Reynolds and artwork by Danica Novgorodoff
Front Desk
by Kelly Yang
They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, & Steven Scott
This Is My America
by Kim Johnson
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Speak the graphic novel
by Laurie Halse Anderson and artwork by Emily Carroll
Taylor Before and After
by Jennie Englund
Summer Reading:
All Club Members Received:
That's What Friends Do
by Cathleen Barnhart
Club Member Option:
The Science of Being Angry
by Nicole Melleby
Club Member Option:
The List
by Patricia Forde
Club Member Option:
The War that Saved my Life
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Club Member Option:
Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story)
by Daniel Nayeri
The Prince and the Dressmaker
by Jen Wang
White Bird
by R.J. Palacio
Closer to Nowhere
by Ellen Hopkins
The Prettiest
by Bridgit Young
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How to Become a Planet
by Nicole Melleby
Melissa
by Alex Gino
Black Brother, Black Brother
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Summer Reading:
Mascot
by Antony John
The Case of the Counterfeit Criminals
by Jordan Stratford
Dress Coded
by Carrie Firestone
Dear Martin
by Nic Stone
Amina's Voice
by Hena Khan
When Stars are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed
Summer Reading:
Dear Justyce
by Nic Stone
The Black Friend On Being a Better White Person
by Frederick Joseph