Kids Corner Book Club

On the first Wednesday of every month, librarian Joe Hilton of the Free Library of Philadelphia will join us to talk books - and he will also announce that month's selection for the Kids Corner Book Club. You then have one month to read the book and share your review! You can submit your review below or just call during the next Bookmobile segment to share your thoughts on our monthly selection in the Kids Corner Book Club!

And be sure to visit the Kids Corner Bookmobile for more great reading suggestions!

The July Selection

The Folk Keeper
by Franny Billingsley

Fifteen-year-old Corinna Stonewall--the only Folk Keeper in the city of Rhysbridge--sits hour after hour with the Folk in the dark, chilly cellar, "drawing off their anger as a lightning rod draws off lightning." The Folk are the fierce, wet-mouthed, cave-dwelling gremlins who sour milk, rot cabbage, and make farm animals sick. Still, they are no match for the steely, hard-hearted, vengeful orphan Corinna who prides herself in her job of feeding, distracting, and otherwise pacifying these furious, ravenous creatures. The Folk Keeper has power and independence, and that's the way she likes it. That is, until Corinna learns where her unusual powers come from, why she is drawn to the sea, and finally, what it means to be comfortable in her own skin. Grades 5-8

Previous Selections

June 2010: The Ruins of Gorlan #1 by John Flanagan
May 2010: Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
April 2010: What’s The Weather Inside - Poems by Karma Wilson
March 2010: Seekers: The Quest Begins by Erin Hunter
February 2010: The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
January 2010: The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
December 2009: Sisters Grimm 1 by Michael Buckley
November 2009: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
October 2009: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
September 2009: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen