Never Too Old: A YA Book Club for Adults

Who We Are

Our reading list includes old classics, nearly forgotten favorites, and the best of the new YA offerings. We alternate new and old books as well as target ages for a good mix.

What We Read

Our reading list includes old classics, nearly forgotten favorites, and the best of the new YA offerings. Just about anything ever published as YA is game, as long as it’s a good read.

Past Selections

Stolen by Lucy Christopher, Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher, I Am Nunjood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nunjood Ali, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsberg, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, The Astonishing Life of Octaian Nothing by M.T. Anderson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher, Magicians by Lev Grossman, Order of Odd-Fish by James Kennedy, Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, Island of the Blude Dolphins by Scott O'Dell, Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein, Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Perry, The Princess Bride by William Goldman, Son by Lois Lowry, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Diviners by Libba Bray, The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt, Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple, I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Upcoming Selections:

December 2018 will be our Holiday Potluck and 10th Anniversary Celebration!!! November 2018 selection is Nation by Terry Pratchett October 2018 selection is Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore September 2018 selection is Choose Your Own Nonfiction--come prepared to share and discuss! August 2018 selection is I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez July 2018 selection is our movie-tie in Ready Player One by Ernest Cline hosted by Danielle (Fun Trivia Question: Which popular writer wrote a fanfiction of the story and was published in the 2016 version of the book??) June 2018 selection is A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry May 2018 selection is The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach April 2018 selection is Camp So-and-So by Mary McCoy March 2018 selection is Airborn by Kenneth Oppel February 2018 selection is Choose Your Own Short Story and come prepared to share and discuss! January 2018 selection is One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus ________________________________________________________________________

When We Meet

Usually the last Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm. Sometimes we shift because of other events, but not often. For the next meeting time and place please visit the group's website!