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	Clements, Andrew. THE LOSERS CLUB New York : Random House, 2017 IL 3-6, RL 3.9 ISBN 978-0-399-55755-2 (3 booktalks)
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Booktalk #1 Alec cannot put down a great book. He’d rather read than do anything else. The Principal has been very clear, pay attention in class or else! Alec just wants reading time, so he starts a club---a reading group named The Losers Club. He figures no one will join a club with a name like that. It will be fantastic, he can sit and read as much as he wants. But, more and more members keep showing up to join. What is going on? Alec doesn’t have as much time to read. He’s busy managing a book club, dealing with other people and figuring out there is more to life than he thought. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2018-2019) Booktalk #2 Alec Spencer has a big problem, which gets him in trouble with his parents, teachers, AND the principal. He loves to read all of the time, instead of paying attention in class. His sixth grade teacher won’t tolerate it! Either Alec stops sneak-reading or pays the consequence, summer school. This is a threat Alec takes seriously. Losing their annual family vacation in New Hampshire would be devastating. To make matter worse, both parents’ jobs require them to work late, so Alec and his little brother must stay three extra hours and join one of the After School Clubs. Alec comes up with a brilliant idea, starting his own club “Losers Club,” where he can silently read the entire time. Surprisingly his idea backfires, the club becomes popular. He finds himself responsible for creating an ambitious club presentation at the end of the year. With bullies in his club to control, a girl he “sort of” likes, and kids who need to refocus, it doesn’t turn out as planned. How will a boy who just wants to read for pleasure survive? Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2018-2019 Booktalk #3 Alec LOVES reading, so much so that it affects his schoolwork. When threatened to pay attention in class or face summer school, Alec decides to buckle down. As a result, he turns to his aftercare program to be his reading time, forming a group he dubs "The Losers Club," thinking the name will turn off anyone else from joining and allow him hours of uninterrupted reading time. But as time goes on, more and more kids show up at Alec's table wanting to read, including a girl named Nina who Alec thinks he might like as more than a friend. (Garden State Children's Book Awards nominee, 2020)
	SUBJECTS: Books and reading -- Fiction. Bullies -- Fiction. Clubs -- Fiction. Schools -- Fiction.

Clements, Andrew.
THE LOSERS CLUB
New York : Random House, 2017
IL 3-6, RL 3.9
ISBN 978-0-399-55755-2

(3 booktalks)

Click on the book to read Amazon reviews

Booktalk #1

Alec cannot put down a great book. He’d rather read than do anything else. The Principal has been very clear, pay attention in class or else! Alec just wants reading time, so he starts a club---a reading group named The Losers Club. He figures no one will join a club with a name like that. It will be fantastic, he can sit and read as much as he wants. But, more and more members keep showing up to join. What is going on? Alec doesn’t have as much time to read. He’s busy managing a book club, dealing with other people and figuring out there is more to life than he thought. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2018-2019)

Booktalk #2

Alec Spencer has a big problem, which gets him in trouble with his parents, teachers, AND the principal. He loves to read all of the time, instead of paying attention in class. His sixth grade teacher won’t tolerate it! Either Alec stops sneak-reading or pays the consequence, summer school. This is a threat Alec takes seriously. Losing their annual family vacation in New Hampshire would be devastating. To make matter worse, both parents’ jobs require them to work late, so Alec and his little brother must stay three extra hours and join one of the After School Clubs. Alec comes up with a brilliant idea, starting his own club “Losers Club,” where he can silently read the entire time. Surprisingly his idea backfires, the club becomes popular. He finds himself responsible for creating an ambitious club presentation at the end of the year. With bullies in his club to control, a girl he “sort of” likes, and kids who need to refocus, it doesn’t turn out as planned. How will a boy who just wants to read for pleasure survive? Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2018-2019

Booktalk #3

Alec LOVES reading, so much so that it affects his schoolwork. When threatened to pay attention in class or face summer school, Alec decides to buckle down. As a result, he turns to his aftercare program to be his reading time, forming a group he dubs "The Losers Club," thinking the name will turn off anyone else from joining and allow him hours of uninterrupted reading time. But as time goes on, more and more kids show up at Alec's table wanting to read, including a girl named Nina who Alec thinks he might like as more than a friend.
(Garden State Children's Book Awards nominee, 2020)

SUBJECTS:     Books and reading -- Fiction.
                        Bullies -- Fiction.
                        Clubs -- Fiction.
                        Schools -- Fiction.