Meeting Minutes: 12/2/2008 (4-5pm in the Board Room)
Present: Miko, N.C., C.E., J.F., M.M., V.M., W.M., R.W.
Announcements
- The next Books and Brownies meeting will be on January 6 at 4pm. We will be discussing Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan. The books are at the Children's Reference Desk!
- El Cajon Library needs a Teen Advisory Group. For the time being, we will hold our meetings right after our book club, for an extra half hour from 5 - 5:30.
- I will be picking the next book we read. Mwahaha.
- Please let me know if there are any books, graphic novels, CDs, magazines, or movies you feel the library needs!
So, most of us didn't like the book. In fact, counting me, only three people finished it...which is why we ended up not discussing most of the questions below. But hey, this isn't school. Why finish a book you don't like?
Speak Discussion Questions
- Did you like the book? What did you like or not like?
- Did you like the protagonist, Melinda? Did you identify with her?
- Who was your favorite character?
- Your least favorite character?
- Melinda tries to figure out if she had been raped. How would you define rape?
- If you were Melinda, would you trust Rachel again as a friend?
- Mr. Freeman, the art teacher, succeeds in reaching Melinda, and she considers him a good teacher. Who are your favorite teachers, and why?
- Which of your teachers suck, and why?
- Do you think this is an accurate representation of what school is like for you?
- On page 4, Melinda lists the groups in her school. Are those the groups you see in your school? Which would you say you belong to?
- What books or movies best capture what life is like for you right now?
- Would you have ditched Melinda if you had been her best friend in high school? When have you stopped being friends with someone?
