Family Book Club: "Roller Girl" and "The Quickest Kid in Clarksville"

Pick up copies of "Roller Girl" by Victoria Jamieson and "The Quickest Kid in Clarksville" by Pat Zietlow Miller at the Youth Services desk at the Middendorf-Kredell branch. 

A book club for the whole family! Each month, we will provide one copy of a chapter book suitable for grades 4-6 and one copy of a picture book suitable for grades K-3. Read either or both books (we encourage reading them aloud!) and come to the Library to discuss the books with other families, do a related activity and craft, discover new reads similar to each month's books, and pick up copies of the next month's books! This is a family/group program; children attending must be accompanied by an adult.

Find out more about this month's books below:

Roller Girl: For most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything with her best friend Nicole. But after Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for derby camp, Nicole decides to go to dance camp instead. And so begins the most difficult summer of Astrid's life as she struggles to keep up with the older girls at camp, hang on to the friend she feels slipping away, and cautiously embark on a new friendship. As the end of summer nears and her first roller derby bout (and junior high!) draws closer, Astrid realizes that maybe she is strong enough to handle the bout, a lost friendship, and middle school... in short, strong enough to be a roller girl.

The Quickest Kid in Clarksville: Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals.

Additional physical copies may be available to check out from our catalog: Roller Girl (print and audio) and The Quickest Kid in Clarksville (print).

Find the ebook and eaudiobook for "Roller Girl" on Libby HERE.