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Night Readers

GRADE 2 BOOK CLUB

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Night Readers

GRADE 2

2022/2023

$160 + GST/term

Mondays

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM 

Fall:

September 12, October 17, December 14

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Winter:

January 9, February 6, March 6

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Spring:

April 3, May 1, May 29

Year at a glance

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September 12

Sydney is a skunk and Taylor is a hedgehog, but no matter how odd the pairing may seem, their friendship comes naturally. They live happily in their cozy burrow . . . until the day Taylor gets his Big Idea to go see the Whole Wide World. From mountains taller than a hundred hedgehogs, valleys wider than a thousand skunks, to the dangers that lie in the human world, Sydney and Taylor wanted to see it all. With a map and a dream, they bravely set off, soon discovering that the world is much bigger than they realized.

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February 6

"We must kidnap some children," announced Aunt Etta. "Young, strong ones. It will be dangerous, but it must be done."

 

Three children are stolen and taken to a bizarre island, which is home to some extraordinary creatures — including mermaids, selkies and the legendary kraken. The island is the base for a very mysterious mission. But the magical adventure is cut short when the island is suddenly under siege. Can the children save themselves and their new friends?

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October 17

When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Dainty Diaper Day Care Center, what did he know about bullies? Nothing. But he learned fast! Why? Because Jake was kind of smart and not a tattletale, and he had no big brother to protect him. He was a perfect bully magnet.


But everything changed the year Jake was in second grade. That's when SuperBully Link Baxter moved to town. Jake had his hands full just trying to survive, until class project time. Who did the teacher assign to be Link's partner? You guessed it.


Jake has to use all his smarts -- and his heart as well -- to turn himself from Jake Drake, Bully Magnet, to Jake Drake, Bully Buster.

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April 3

"Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" Dozens of children respond to this peculiar ad in the newspaper and are then put through a series of mind-bending tests, which readers take along with them. Only four children -- two boys and two girls -- succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. But what they'll find in the hidden underground tunnels of the school is more than your average school supplies. So, if you're gifted, creative, or happen to know Morse Code, they could probably use your help.

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December 14

Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she’s known. She’s a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself—and about the humans who hope to save her.

Inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that pairs orphaned otter pups with surrogate mothers, this poignant and humorous tale told in free verse examines bravery and healing through the eyes of one of nature’s most beloved and charming animals.

Night Readers read laters

GRADE 2 BOOK CLUB

Each session we present several books to vote on for future meetings. As only one gets chosen, we list the remainders here so that bookclub members who liked a title that did not win have a reference list.

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P.S. This is also a great list for birthday presents within the age group.

2022/23 Grade 2

  • Zita the Space Girl by Ben Hatke

  • The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

  • Roșie Reverie and the Raucous Riveters by Andrea Beaty

  • Clover's Luck by Kallie George

  • Attila, Loolagax and the Eagle by Nichola McAuliffe

  • Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins

  • Baby by Patricia Maclachlan

  • Space Boy by Stephen McCranie

  • Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins

  • Harry Versus the First Hundred Days of School by Emily Jenkins

2018/19 Grade 2

  • Floyd the Flamingo by Tiffany Stone

  • The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo

  • Chelonia Green Champion of Turtles by Christobell Mattingly

  • The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

  • Kindred Souls by Patricia MacLachlan

  • Thomas and the Dragon Queen by Shutta Crum

  • Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell

  • Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

  • The Magician’s Boy by Susan Cooper

  • The Poisoned Honey Cake by Caroline Lawrence

2014/15 Grade 2

  • Summer in the City by Marie-Louise Gay

  • Poppy by Avi

  • Kindred Souls by Patricia MacLachlan

  • Three Green Rats: an Eco Tale by Linda Mason Hunter

  • The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo

  • The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

  • The World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney

  • Nim’s Island – Wendy Orr

  • Monster Mission by Iva Ibbotson

  • Chantel’s Quest by Oliver Neubert

  • The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

  • The Cul-de-Sac Kids by Alison Acheson

  • Harriet the Spy

  • Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck

  • Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

2012/13 Grade 2

  • Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell

  • Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

  • Maggie and the Chocolate War by Michelle Mulder

  • The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

  • Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo

  • Countess’s Calamity by Sally Gardner

  • Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant

  • Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville

  • Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck

  • Chelonia Green, Champion of Turtles by Christobel Mattingley

  • Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

  • Dumb Creatures by Jeanne Willis

  • Emmy and the Incredibly Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell

  • Love that Dog by Sharon Creech

  • Maggie and the Chocolate War by Michelle Mulder

  • Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

  • Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

  • Masterpiece by Elise Broach

  • Golden Goose by Dick King-Smith

  • Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins

  • Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

2010/11 Grade 2

  • The Girl with 500 Middle Names by Margaret Peterson Haddix

  • The Dragonling Collector’s Edition by Jackie French Holler

  • The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo

  • The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Clearly

  • The Graveyard Hounds by Vi Hughes

  • Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet by Graham Salisbury

  • Roland Wright: Future Knight by Tony Davis

  • The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

  • Jake Drake Bully Buster by Andrew Clements

  • Maggie and the Chocolate War by Michelle Mulder

  • Mieko and the Fifth Treasure by Eleanor Coerr

  • Black Nell by Shirley Woods

  • Nathan Fludd: Beastologist Book One by R.L. LaFevers

2008/9 Grade 2

  • Wild Science by Victoria Miles

  • Perloo The Bold by Avi

  • Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant

  • The Best Christmas Present in the World by Michael Morpurgo

  • Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

  • Hero’s Guide to Deadly Dragons by Cressida Cowell

  • Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell

  • Toys Go Out by Tor Seidler

  • Lucy Willow by Lucy Gardener

  • Yossi’s Goal by Ellen Schwatz

  • Several Lives of Orphan Jack by Sarah Ellis

  • Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George

  • Yossi’s Goal by Ellen Schwartz

  • Fog Mound #1: Travels of Thelonious by Susan Schade

  • Snow Goose by Paul Gallico

  • The Secret of the Painted House by Marion Baner

2019/20 Grade 2

  • The Magician’s Boy by Susan Cooper

  • Jake Drake Bully Buster by Andrew Clements

  • Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look

  • Sable by Karen Hesse

  • Forward, Shakespeare by Jean Little

  • Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters by Andrea Beaty

  • Waiting for Magic by Patricia MacLaughlin

  • The Poisoned Honey Cake by Caroline Lawrence

  • The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

  • The Graveyard hounds by Vi Hughes

  • How to Train Your Dragon by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III

  • Kindred Souls by Patricia MacLachlan

  • Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm

  • Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

2015/16 Grade 2

  • The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

  • The Countess’s Calamity by Sally Gardner

  • Jake Drake Bully Buster by Andrew Clements

  • Kindred Souls by Patricia MacLachlan

  • Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck

  • The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame

  • The Case of the Missing Deed by Ellen Schwartz

  • How to Save Your Tail by Mary Hanson

  • The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

  • The Magnificent Moon Hare by Sue Monroe

2013/14 Grade 2

  • Maggie and the Chocolate War by Michelle Mulder

  • Chelonia Green Champion of Turtles by Christobel Mattingley

  • Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck

  • Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant

  • The Countess’s Calamity by Sally Gardner

  • Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo

  • Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell

  • Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

  • Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

  • Chantal’s Quest by Oliver Neubert

  • Shu-Li by Paul Yee

  • The Several Lives of Orphan Jack by Sarah Ellis

  • Dumb Creatures by Jeanne Willis

  • The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

  • Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia McLachlan

  • Three Good Deeds by Vivian Van Velde

  • The Cul De Sac Kids by Alison Acheson

  • Waiting for the Magic by Patricia McLachlan

  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg

  • Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant

  • Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks

  • One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson

  • The Graveyard Hounds by Vi Hughes

  • Three Green Rats An Eco Tale by Linda Mason Hunter

2011/12 Grade 2

  • The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

  • Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

  • The End of the Beginning by Avi

  • The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico

  • The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler

  • Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo

  • Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

  • Jake Drake Bully Buster by Andrew Clements

  • Chantal’s Quest by Oliver Neubert

  • Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo

  • Masterpiece by Elise Broach

  • How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

  • Thomas and the Dragon Queen by Shutta Crum

  • Dumb Creatures by Jeanne Willis

  • You’re a Bad Man, Mr. Gum by Andy Standon

  • Poppy by Avi

  • Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck

  • Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

  • Chelonia Green Champion of Turtles by Christobel Mattingley

  • Countess’s Calamity by Sally Gardner

2009/10 Grade 2

  • The Sunken Kingdom: Ghost Ship by Kim Wilkins

  • Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

  • Chelonia Green: Champion of Turtles by Christobel Mattingley

  • Jake Drake Bully Buster by Andrew Clements

  • Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

  • Nathaniel Fludd Beastologist: Flight of the Phoenix by R.L. LaFevers

  • Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures: The Intrepid Canadian Expedition by Jeff Brown

  • The Countess’s Calamity by Sally Gardner

  • Owly: The Way Home & The Bittersweet Summer by Andy Runton

  • Poppy by Avi

  • How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

  • Dumb Creatures by Jeanne Willis

  • Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo 

  • You're a Bad Man Mr. Gum by Andy Stanton

  • Cool Zone With The Pain & The Great One by Judy Blume

2007/8 Grade 2

  • Lucy Willow by Sally Gardner

  • Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo

  • Ronia the Robbers Daughter by Astrid Lindgren

  • A House Called Awful End by Philip Ardaugh

  • Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler

  • Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

  • Chet Gecko: The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse by Bruce Hale

  • Stay! Keeper's Story by Lois Lowry

  • Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling

  • Mary on Horseback by Rosemary Wells

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