Partnership for rising freshmen booked in Ridgewood
TUESDAY JULY 16, 2013, 9:36 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Award-winning books like John Green’s “The Fault in Our Stars,” about a teenage girl with terminal cancer, and Sherman Alexie’s “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” about a teenage boy living on a Native American reservation, deserve to be read.
And, if rising Ridgewood High School (RHS) freshmen want to read them, this summer they will have a chance to discuss them – and, in the process, meet new friends before that first nerve-wracking day at RHS.
In a new joint venture, RHS and Ridgewood Public Library are teaming up to offer rising freshmen a summer book club to discuss Green’s and Alexie’s novels and/or six other titles, including a journalist’s non-fiction work, two memoirs, a dystopian fantasy and a work of historical fiction.
Beginning this week, recent graduates of both Benjamin Franklin and George Washington middle schools who read one of the eight titles can meet with RHS upperclassmen mentors and other library volunteers to discuss the books.
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Heard they had a nice turnout at the Library last night. Nice to see RHS students helping the rising freshman acclimate to Ridgewood High. Kudo’s to Tom Gorman and the Library staff for putting the program together. Hopefully more get involved. Can’t hurt to see a familiar face or two on the first day of school.