Book Pick for July

Sarah picked our book for July.  We are reading The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman.  Her is a blurb about the book:

A true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.

After their zoo was bombed, Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty animal cages. With animal names for these "guests," and human names for the animals, it's no wonder that the zoo's code name became "The House Under a Crazy Star." Best-selling naturalist and acclaimed storyteller Diane Ackerman combines extensive research and an exuberant writing style to re-create this fascinating, true-life story―sharing Antonina's life as "the zookeeper's wife," while examining the disturbing obsessions at the core of Nazism. Winner of the 2008 Orion Award. 

We will have our book discussion on Tuesday, July 18 at 7:00pm at Debby's house. Hope to see you there. 

Book Club in June

Last night we had a great discussion about our June book pick Ms. Bixby's last day.  Since it was Alecia's book pick, she lead the discussion and supplied a yummy treat.  In keeping with the theme of the book, we had cheesecake and sparkling Italian soda. We had a great time discussing the book and reminiscing about our favorite teachers and what we would do on our last day.  It is a great book and a quick read.  If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it.