The main page for NurtureStore’s Tween Book Club, with the annual book list and guide to running a book club with children is here.

If you’re joining in online please share your creation with us in the comments, or on Instagram using #nurturestorebookclub. It could be some fan fiction, art, a map, a recipe, a costume, a zine, research about the book’s setting, a quiz, a film of them acting out a scene, anything goes! This encourages everyone to take the book further, and explore an aspect of it that interests them. :: bring along something to the group that they have produced, inspired by the book, to share with the others, so we are all teaching and learning from each other. :: share their opinions on the book and the discussion questions, and listen to each others’ :: consider the discussion questions (which you will find below, including a printable version) Like all middle-school aged kids, she just wants to find her place in her class group, and the book explores the challenges of being different and discovering your inner super powers.Īll the children joining in are asked to: In El Deafo, Bell shares her experiences of hearing loss as a child and the subsequent hearing aid which she uses, called the Phonic Ear. We have some great artists in our club too who I think will enjoy the abundance of illustrations. With a range of ages in our book club we have children with different levels of reading confidence, so we’re starting with a choice that I think everyone will find easily accessible. You can join in with us online, here in the comments and on Instagram using #nurturestorebookclub. We’re meeting in a local cafe to chat about the book and share our opinions.

I’m running a real-life tween book club with my daughters and some of their home-educating friends. This month we’re reading the funny and honest graphic novel El Deafo by Cece Bell.

Cece el deafo