Our intermediate ESL Book Club will read Chains (The Seeds of America Trilogy) by Laurie Halse Anderson. This book club is best for intermediate English learners. Students will read at home each week. Then we will meet as a group once a week to talk about the story, learn new vocabulary, and practice conversation. Book club will be led by Roberta Linsky. Meeting dates: February 26; March 5, 12, 19; April 2, 16; May 7. (No class March 26; April 9, 23, 30.)Meeting time: Thursdays from 10:00am - 11:00amWhere: Tables by the wall posters Registration is open now! Book club is limited to 10 participants. Books will be provided for registered participants to keep. Please consider your schedule and do not register if you will miss more than one meeting. Book description:As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first, but when the unthinkable happens to Ruth, Isabel realizes her loyalty belongs to whoever can provide her with freedom.
