Girls Book Club on a Field Trip!

Maggie, Caroline, Tess, Aby, Anna, Courtney, Kathryn and Shea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by Laura Sullivan

If you remember, our new ninth graders had just graduated middle school, and we embarked upon Little Women, by none other than Louisa May Alcott for the girls' ninth grade Summer read. After reading the book, we had a great time at a big screen movie night at Westwinds, with pizza and lots of candy. (I love that movie so much- it's the one with Susan Sarandon and Winona Ryder.) Lydia joined us for the evening, too. No need to be a teenager to enjoy that movie- it's timeless.

After seeing the movie and reading Little Women, we went out to Concord, MA to the Alcott house for the full Louisa May experience. We has a wonderful engaging tour guide who took us through the Alcott house for an hour. We all felt very immersed and connected to the book, and to the March girls. We saw Beth's piano, Amy's (May's) paintings, and Jo's (Louisa's) desk. It made me want to go back in time... but we went to lunch instead, at the Colonial Inn. Very historical, just fancy enough, and great food. It was a great end to our day.

So now, our little women are young ladies, and are off to high school. We will begin to read books for the older crowd, with more mature themes. We're going to start off with another book that is going to be made into a movie- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky. I haven't read it myself yet- we'll let you know how it goes, and how we like the movie. (With Emma Watson- I bet it's good.)

 If anyone has some good high school recommendations for our girls, send them our way!

Lunch at The Colonial Inn