Young Young Critics' Club's (Y2C2) Favorite Books of 2020-2021

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The Young Young Critics' Club (Y2C2), our 4th- and 5th-grade book club, has just voted on its favorite books of 2020-2021. Their favorite book of the year is: MILLIONAIRES FOR THE MONTH, by Stacy McAnulty!

Be sure to take a look at the rest of the group's favorites for some fabulous kid-approved picks for 4th- and 5th-graders!

Winners of the Semi-Annual Y2C2 Jeopardy Tournament

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Semi-Annual Young Young Critics' Club (Y2C2) Jeopardy Tournament!

The winning team is The Book Birds-- Tessa, Jack, Sean, Lucia, and Fiona!

The winners have demonstrated their mastery of trivia questions related to the books that the Young Young Critics' Club (our book club for 4th- and 5th-graders) has read during the past year. 

Young Critics' Club's Favorite Books of 2020-2021

BREAKING NEWS!

The Young Critics' Club (YCC), our 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade book club, has just voted on its favorite books of 2020-21. Their favorite book of the year is: UNPLUGGED, by Gordon Korman!

Be sure to take a look at the rest of the group's favorites for some fabulous kid-approved picks for middle-schoolers!

Winners of the YCC Jeopardy Tournament

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Young Critics' Club Jeopardy Tournament! 

The winning team was The Lobsters of Oz: Zoe, Nora, and Rohan.

They have showed their mastery of trivia questions related to books that YCC (our book club for Grades 6, 7, and 8) has read over the past year.

Upcoming Event: Author Talk with Jim Campbell on his book, Madoff Talks

Virtual Author Talk with Jim Campbell on his book, 

Madoff Talks: Uncovering the Untold Story Behind the Most Notorious Ponzi Scheme in History

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021, at 7 PM

Register today via Zoom

No name is more synonymous with the evils of Wall Street than Bernie Madoff. Arrested for fraud in 2008―during the depths of the global financial crisis―the 70-year-old market maker, investment advisor, and former chairman of the NASDAQ had orchestrated the largest Ponzi scheme in world history, fleecing thousands of investors across the globe to the tune of $65 billion. 

In Madoff Talks, author Jim Campbell presents the most comprehensive, insider account of the Madoff saga to date. Based on exclusive interviews with all the players―the Madoff family and their associates, the Wall Street wheelers and dealers, the army of lawyers, analysts, and investigators, the victims of the scheme, and Bernie Madoff himself―the book reveals:

•     what motivated a respected financier to commit such a massive fraud
•     how Madoff managed to keep the scheme hidden in plain sight
•     the shocking failures of Wall Street oversight―and how it could happen again
•     the true scale of the investment losses―and the victims’ ongoing fight for justice
•     what Ruth Madoff and the rest of the family knew―and how it shattered their lives

Meticulously researched and relentlessly riveting, Madoff Talks is the full story of an American tragedy.

Jim Campbell is the host of the nationally syndicated radio show, Business Talk with Jim Campbell. He is known for his hard-hitting interviews of leading figures from the worlds of business, politics, and sports. Known for “firsts,” Campbell snagged the first extensive interview with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer after his resignation, the first interview with former Tyco CEO Denis Kozlowski after his release from prison, and the first broadcast interview with former stock analyst Roomy Kahn, a government informant in one of the biggest insider trading busts in American history. Campbell’s extensive corporate, consulting, and entrepreneurial business background includes roles at KPMG Consulting, Dean Witter Financial Services (now Morgan Stanley), and IBM. He is founder and president of JC Ventures, Inc., a management consulting business.

Upcoming Event: Author Talk with Deborah Goodrich Royce on her book, Ruby Falls

 Upcoming Event:

Virtual Author Talk with Deborah Goodrich Royce on her book, Ruby Falls

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021, at 7 PM

Register today via Zoom

Deborah Goodrich Royce’s Ruby Falls is a nail-biting tale of a fragile young actress, the new husband she barely knows, and her growing suspicion that the secrets he harbors may eclipse her own. 

On a brilliantly sunny July day, six-year-old Ruby is abandoned by her father in the suffocating dark of a Tennessee cave. Twenty years later, transformed into soap opera star Eleanor Russell, she is fired under dubious circumstances. Fleeing to Europe, she marries a glamorous stranger named Orlando Montague and keeps her past closely hidden. Together, Eleanor and Orlando start afresh in LA. Setting up house in a storybook cottage in the Hollywood Hills, Eleanor is cast in a dream role—the lead in a remake of Rebecca. As she immerses herself in that eerie gothic tale, Orlando’s personality changes, ghosts of her past reemerge, and Eleanor fears she is not the only person in her marriage with a secret. . .

Deborah Goodrich Royce’s first novel, Finding Mrs. Ford, debuted in 2019 to rave reviews. She divides her time between the Northeast and Florida, where she writes, reads, watches lots of movies, and spends time with her family.

Deborah serves on the governing and/or advisory boards of the Avon Theatre, the American Film Institute, New York Botanical Garden, the Greenwich International Film Festival, the Greenwich Historical Society, the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, the Preservation Society of Newport, and the PRASAD Project. She and her husband have restored more buildings than she can count, including the Ocean House Hotel and the Deer Mountain Inn.

Deborah holds a BA in French and Italian from Lake Erie College and an honorary doctorate from the same institution. In an earlier life, she was an actress in film and television and a story editor at Miramax Films. Ruby Falls is her second psychological thriller, and she owes a debt of gratitude for its inspiration to Daphne du Maurier and Alfred Hitchcock.