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The Reckless Club
The Reckless Club | Beth Vrabel
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From award-winning author Beth Vrabel comes a new middle-grade Breakfast Club drama set in a old folks' home. On the last day of middle school, five kids who couldn't be more different commit separate pranks, each sure they won't be caught and they can't get in trouble. They're wrong. As punishment, they each have to volunteer one beautiful summer day-the last one before school-at Northbrook Retirement and Assisted Living Home, where they'll push creamed carrots into toothless mouths, perform the world's most pathetic skit in front of residents who won't remember it anyway, hold gnarled hands of peach fuzzed old ladies who relentlessly push hard candies, and somehow forge a bond with each other that has nothing to do with what they've done and everything to do with who they're becoming. All the action takes place in the course of this one day, with each chapter one hour of that day, as the five kids reveal what they've done, why they did it, and what they're going to do now.
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The Reckless Club | Beth Vrabel
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A cute middle-school take on The Breakfast Club—five kids are sent to “detention,” helping out at a nursing home and they start to come together as they learn about each other‘s stories. I read this to my 11-year-old daughter and she laughed throughout. And I may have teared up a bit at the ending. (I gave it 4 stars, but my daughter says 5 stars and since she‘s more the target audience, you should probably go with her rating.)

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The Reckless Club | Beth Vrabel
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This one has been on my radar since first hearing about it over the summer. I‘m surprised to be the first to post about it...

Without reading yet, I describe it as the Breakfast Club goes to the nursing home. Truly looking forward to this read based on having read this author before AND for the subject matter.

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