Brighten Academy Charter School

~*~ Tome Society ~*~

For 4th-8th graders who love to read this is the group for you! We will use our creativity and imagination to promote literacy in all forms and compete against other Georgia schools.
We will meet virtually every Wednesday from 11:00 - 12:00  through Zoom. 
If you want to join Tome Society email Mrs. Witcher (elementary students) or Mrs. Peterson (middle school students).

MRS. WITCHER
​elementary coach
EMAIL

MRS. PETERSON
middle school coach
email
2020-2021 It List
Club - Elementary 4th and 5th
  1. Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn
  2. Forever Neverland by Susan Adrian
  3. Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly***
  4. Spark by Sarah Beth Durst***
  5. Problim Children By Natalie Lloyd
  6. Storm Keeper’s Island By Catherine Doyle
  7. Strangers By Margaret Peterson Haddix***
Jr. - Middle School 6th-8th
  1. Blood Mountain by James Preller
  2. Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya
  3. Fire & Heist by Sarah Beth Durst
  4. Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier***
  5. Door to the Lost By Jaleigh Johnson
  6. Memory Keeper By Jennifer Camiccia
  7. Revenge of Magic By James Riley
  8. Season of Styx Malone By Kekla Magoon
  9. Storm Runner By JC Cervantes
  10. Words on Fire By Jennifer A Nielsen
Mrs. Peterson has these books available for checkout. The media center will operate on a curbside pickup.
***These books are available for free through the public library Cloud Library app. If you do not have a library account I have a few accounts I can let you borrow to read these books.

Read Books

Each grade band is assigned a book list that changes each year! Each student will need to read at least 3 of the It List books by November 1st.

Create Literacy Activities

Students can choose 2 or more activities to submit to compete with other Georgia schools.

Go to Tome Con

TomeCon is an all day event full of awesome activities that promote inquiry, technology, reading, and writing. TomeCon was canceled in March of 2020, details for 2021 have not been released yet.