The Purple Door Book Club (middle grade)

Date: 
Sunday, 10 December 2023 - 5:30pm
Sunday, 21 January 2024 - 5:30pm
Image: Two dogs look through the window of the little purple door at Walter Dean, cat
Calling all readers around the ages of 8-12! Join The Purple Door Book Club once a month to talk about AMAZING middle grade books. Check out the archive page to see some of the books we've read in the past!
 

We meet one Sunday a month at 5:30 PM. Email book club leader Beth at beth@wildrumpusbooks.com for more information.

Our next meeting is on Sunday, December 10th at 5:30 PM on Zoom, we'll talk about When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead and the graphic novel Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Normal Fairy-Tale Life by Emma Steinkellner!

Our next, next meeting is on Sunday, January 21st at 5:30PM on Zoom, we'll talk about The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill and the graphic novel Keeper of the Lost Cities: The Graphic Novel Part 1 by Shannon Messenger, adapted by Celina Frenn, and illustrated by Gabriella Chianello!

Mention that you are a book club member in the order comments at checkout for a 20% discount on your book club books!

Book club meetings typically take place on Zoom.

Click here for the Purple Door Book Club Archive!

Books: 
When You Reach Me: (Newbery Medal Winner) By Rebecca Stead Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780375850868
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)
Published: Yearling - December 28th, 2010

"Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.'" —The Washington Post
 


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Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Normal Fairy-Tale Life By Emma Steinkellner Cover Image
$13.99
ISBN: 9780593570692
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)
Published: Labyrinth Road - September 26th, 2023

Seventh grade is no fairy tale. From the bestselling author of Okay Witch comes an utterly enchanting graphic novel-diary hybrid about a twelve-year-old girl living an ordinary life in a magical land…disappointment, friend drama, adventure, mystery, and all!


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The Ogress and the Orphans By Kelly Barnhill Cover Image
$10.99
ISBN: 9781643754017
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)
Published: Algonquin Young Readers - October 31st, 2023

A National Book Award finalist and instant fantasy classic about the power of community, generosity, books, and baked goods, from the author of the beloved Newbery Medal winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon.

Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times.


Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1 By Shannon Messenger, Celina Frenn (Adapted by), Gabriella Chianello (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Shannon Messenger, Celina Frenn (Adapted by), Gabriella Chianello (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534463363
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)
Published: Aladdin - November 7th, 2023

The first book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series is being reimagined as a graphic novel with the first half of the epic novel adapted to this new format with beautiful artwork!

Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster has never quite fit into her life.


Event Address: 
Wild Rumpus Zoom
Minneapolis, MN 55410
United States