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The One Where I Review All the Young at Heart Book Club Picks, Finally.

Ghost Squad by Claribel Ortega

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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I read these books all together for our Young at Heart book club so it only feels right to review them all together. Our goal for book club was to find book selections that reminded us of childhood in order to (hopefully) inspire a bit of lighthearted nostalgia. For the most part, these books succeeded on that metric for me. Ghost Squad – 4 stars Up first is Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad. I often have trouble sinking into Middle Grades books – it is where […]

Book Club Discussion Post: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

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Welcome to our Young at Heart book club! This go round we’ve selected three books that reminded us of childhood in order to hopefully have a bit of lighthearted nostalgia. Each of our three books – Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad  – have their own Discussion Posts; and don’t forget, we’ll be having our first ever Zoom* Book Club on Saturday May 22 at 7 pm EDT. (*Sign up […]

Young at Heart Discussion Topics

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Young at Heart Book Club has arrived!! We hope you’re as excited as we are to talk about some fun, nostalgic reads. Our individual book discussion posts are now live: Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy  Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad  We’ll meet up to chat on Zoom on tomorrow evening, Sat. May 22, 2021 7 pm EDT, . (Sign up for the CBR newsletter “Cannon Fodder” to get Zoom details.) We will also be talking on our Social […]

A Scholastic Book Fair Staple – with reason

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

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I first read Judy Blume’s childhood classic Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing back in third grade when my mom volunteered at the Scholastic Book Fair and picked up a Judy Blume boxed set for me at the recommendation of the school librarian. The set included Tales, Superfudge, Blubber,* and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Upon reflection, it was kind of a peculiar combination of books – two mostly comic, if a tad bittersweet, takes on growing up with a younger sibling that […]

Reminder! The Young at Heart #CannonBookClub is Coming Soon!

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Hello my lovely fellow Cannonballers! We are 10 days away from our first #CannonBookClub of 2021 – Young at Heart. Our books this time are Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad. Choose one or more and join us to chat about these (hopefully) nostalgic stories. We’ll have three discussion posts – one for each book – here on the site starting May 21 as well as Discussion posts on Social Media.  Then on […]



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