A Brave Writer's Life in Brief

Teens discuss movies enthusiastically all the time—there’s no reason why they can’t do this with books too! It’s not a new skill, just a transfer of skill.

Brave Writer’s online Boomerang Book Club (ages 13-18) gives students opportunities to figure out what they think and vocalize their thoughts!

We allow your students to feel the sweet thrill of Strong Opinion and Clever Insight. Teens can express their thoughts about what they read and experience the kind support and enthusiasm of a writing coach and fellow homeschool readers.

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November’s Boomerang Book Club selection: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Originally published in 1968, this fantasy novel has influenced many authors since. Follow a young village boy with an aptitude for the magical arts as his youth and a thirst for power lead him to unleash a terrible shadow into the world. Through trials and tribulations, he learns about the nature of power and mortality. Along the way, he masters the words of power, tames an ancient dragon, and restores balance by crossing the threshold of death.

Purchase the novel here.

Our Boomerang Book Club is a wonderful sneaky way to draw out the writer. Teens feel like they are talking not writing— even though they are!

A road schooler at heart? Wish you could learn another language? Meet someone from the other side of the world? Think that the curriculum you bought in September is the limit of what you can explore?

THINK AGAIN! This is how you make your world bigger than your backyard: BOOKS!

Books and perspectives outside their normal range of experience grow writers. Give your kids something to think about that’s outside the box! Reading is the easiest, safest and CHEAPEST way to see the world. 

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Check out our online Boomerang Book Club (ages 13-18) selection for October:

The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez.

This is the tale of 14-year-old Lucía Álvarez, who has been relocated with her younger brother from Cuba to the United States as part of Operation Pedro Pan—an operation that facilitated the flight of more than 14,000 Cuba children to the US to flee Fidel Castro’s revolution. Lucía misses the way it used to be before the revolution came marching into her small Cuban town and changed everything. As she adapts to her new life in the heartland of America, she wonders if she will ever see her parents, or her homeland, again.

Purchase the novel here.

A rich array of experience await! Join us and get a free copy of our language arts guide to go with the book.

Brave Writer’s Boomerang Book Club is the perfect jumping off point for sparking exploration.

There are no grades, no pressures, no strict expectations.

Just pure inspiration! New worlds and experiences!  (A recipe for enchantment, I tell ya!)

At the heart of our online book club, you’ll find our beloved coaches who facilitate:

• reading
• questioning
• reflecting
• discovering!

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Join us for the Big Juicy Conversations we’re having in September (ages 13-18):

Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli. Ember Reprint Edition, 2002. 208 pages.

Follow Leo Borlock as he navigates the treacherous waters of high school. Leo’s plan to blend in is foiled when he falls for Stargirl—the outrageously nonconformist new girl! Stargirl sends Leo, and the rest of the students at Mica Area High School, for a tailspin as they grapple with the shifting winds of popularity and what it means to be true to yourself.

Writing doesn’t need to be like pulling teeth. In our Boomerang Book Club, teens can’t wait to share their thoughts! Passionate opinions naturally draw out the writer in them. 

Whether you’re taking a trip this summer or staying close to home, your kids can go on the ultimate adventure with our August Boomerang Book Club selection: THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien.

It doesn’t get more epic than this! Fantasy is ‘all the rage’ in teen literature— but this is a bonafide classic you’ll be thrilled to add to your teen’s list. 

Plus class tuition includes a free copy of the Boomerang guide based on the book.

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The lives of all Middle Earth lie in the balance as Bilbo Baggins joins a rag-tag company of dwarves to reclaim the Arkenstone from the mighty dragon, Smaug. Enter dramatic encounters with giant spiders, wizards, and goblins. (As well as the faithful, conniving and ever-present Golum! Love him or hate him!)

Teens get full-on obsessed with Tolkien’s world. Are you ready? Pick up the book, sign up for the Boomerang Book Club, and make it ‘the summer they read The Hobbit’! After class, they can go on to watch the movies and devour Middle Earth lore.

A rich array of experiences await!