Program Type:
Book Club- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration is no longer available for this event.
Program Description
Program Description
A monthly book club for middle school students! Recommended for Grades 6-8.
We will meet ONLINE for a lighthearted book discussion this month. Check your email inbox for the Zoom link.
JOIN US AS WE READ THE TRUE MEANING OF SMEKDAY BY ADAM REX.
Summary:
The hilarious, genre-bending novel from bestselling author Adam Rex that inspired the blockbuster feature film Home.
When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin; when her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge bizarre spaceships descended on Earth and the aliens -- called Boov -- abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod?
In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the Happy Mouse Kingdom; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion.
We will provide free copies to participants who register at least a week in advance while supplies last.
For more information, please get in touch with Tinna Mills at tmills@crdl.org