Books & Bites Book Club

Books and Bites

Wednesday, December 13th 2:30pm

Conference Room
Fourth and Fifth Graders

Each month we'll have a book discussion, eat great snacks, and do a fun book-related activity together. This month we're talking about Freddie Vs. The Family Curse by Tracy Badua. Participants can pick up a free copy of the book at the Library, while supplies last. Fourth and fifth graders only. 

What’s this book about? 

Freddie Ruiz is cursed. While other people may have bad days, Freddie and his family have had bad generations: from bird poop splatting on him during picture day to the many tumbles and trips that earned him the nickname Faceplant Freddie. He’s learned to lay low and keep himself out of trouble—which means: no fun, no friends, and definitely no risks! But when he discovers a family heirloom, a century-old amulet from the Philippines that’s supposed to bring good fortune, Freddie thinks his luck is finally about to change. He couldn’t be more wrong. Because the spirit of Freddie’s cranky great-granduncle Ramon is trapped in the heirloom, and the evil spirits responsible for his death have returned with a vengeance. Now, Freddie and his cousin, Sharkey, have thirteen days to break the curse, or Freddie will join Ramon for an untimely afterlife in the amulet.

 Here is a list of the books we've already read (or click here to see them all in our library catalog):

• Freddie Vs. The Family Curse by Tracy Badua
• Pippa Park Raises Her Game by Erin Yun
• Finally, Something Mysterious by Doug Cornett
• Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd 
• The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes
• The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
• Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
• The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold
• Measuring Up by Lilly LaMotte
• Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
• Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
• Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai
• The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman
• A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying by Kelley Armstrong
• When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson
• Show Me a Sign by Anne Clare Lezotte
• Melissa (previously known as George) by Alex Gino
• Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
• Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
• Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
• I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
• No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
• A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano
• Dash by Kirby Larson
• One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
• The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
• Squirm by Carl Hiaasen
• Unplugged and Unpopular by Mat Heagerty
• Endling: The Last  by Katherine Applegate
• The Ambrose Deception by Emily Ecton
• Front Desk by Kelly Yang
• Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
• Red: The True Story of Red Riding by Liesl Shurtliff
• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins
• The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
• Patina by Jason Reynolds
• Granted by John David Anderson
• The Underground Abductor by Nathan Hale
• Greenglass House by Kate Milford
• Paperboy by Vince Vawter
• The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
• Doll Bones by Holly Black
• Ghost by Jason Reynolds
• Rump by Liesl Shurtliff
• The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer
• Pax by Sara Pennypacker
• Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
• Superfudge by Judy Blume
• Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
• The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
• Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
• Ungifted by Gordon Korman
• Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
• Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
• The BFG by Roald Dahl
• The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jenni Holm
• Better Nate than Ever by Tim Federle
• Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
• The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
• Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
• Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise
• Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
• Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee