Arrow Book Club: April 2020
Brave Writer offers a virtual living room space–where students gather to freely discuss the novels they read with you at home.
At the heart of our Book Clubs, you’ll find:
- reading
- questioning
- reflecting
- discovering!
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Here’s what we’re reading in April in our Arrow Book Club (ages 9-12): Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan. Candlewick, 2017. 400 pages.
A best-selling children’s book in China, Bronze and Sunflower has been translated for American readers. What a gift. The story follows Sunflower, a young girl from the city, who is transplanted to the countryside during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which occurred between 1966 – 1976. She befriends Bronze, the often ostracized and misunderstood deaf boy from a nearby village. After tragedy strikes, Bronze supports Sunflower and she becomes the sister he always wanted. While life is hard in the village, Sunflower loves her new family—but will she be able to stay with them? If you enjoyed The Birchbark House, you’ll love this book!
Purchase the novel here.
Try our low-intensity, warm and welcoming discussion club this April!
