Book clubs will begin again in October

Junior Cliffhanger Book Club introduces kids and parents to the art of talking about a book in a group setting.  Short novels encourage children to read critically.  Jr. Cliffhanger Book Club is for kids in grades 1 –  3. The schedule of books for Junior Cliffhanger for 2024 -2025 is:

  • October 7, 2024 – Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
  • November 4, 2024 – Yours Sincerely, Giraffe by Megumi Iwasa
  • January 6, 2025 – Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon
  • February 3, 2025 – The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
  • March 3, 2025 – Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveteers by Andrea Beaty
  • April 7, 2025 – The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • May 5, 2025 – Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling

The schedule of books for 2025 – 2026 will be posted soon.


Cliffhanger Book Club is for Kids and Parents in grades 4 – 5.  What happens at book club?  We talk about favorite / least favorite characters, compare our funniest / strangest / saddest scenes, have a snack, hangout together and more!

  • October 21, 2024 – The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
  • November 18, 2024 – El Deafo by Cece Bell
  • January 13, 2025 – The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
  • February 10, 2025 – Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
  • March 10, 2025 – Charlie and Frog by Karen Kane
  • April 14, 2025 –  A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga
  • May 12, 2025 – The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau

The schedule of books for 2025 – 2026 will be posted soon.