ATP Book Club
Continue developing your English skills through reading!
Every month we will read a new book to help enhance our vocabulary, gain more literary schema, and continue to educate ourselves. This is not a 'club' in the traditional sense as we will not be meeting to discuss the book. Rather, you can read on your own and complete the handouts in your own time as well. Think of this as a way to keep you accountable for reading and could become a great conversation starter, OR may show up in something you interpret down the road.
*You purchase/rent/borrow the book & everything else is free!
January 2026
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
A rich tapestry of 16 interconnected stories about four Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters in San Francisco, exploring identity, cultural clashes, and the powerful, often painful, bonds of family through shared mahjong games and flashbacks to traumatic pasts in China, culminating in a daughter traveling to China to meet her long-lost half-sisters, bridging centuries of unspoken stories and misunderstandings
Click here for Vocabulary-building worksheet
Link to PBS Interview with Amy Tan
Link to Interview with Joy Luck Club movie cast
February 2026
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver’s Travels is a thrilling, satirical adventure following Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon who encounters bizarre civilizations. He is a giant to 6-inch Lilliputians, a tiny pet to giants in Brobdingnag, visits a flying island, and encounters intelligent horses. These fantastical journeys savagely mock human nature and 18th-century British society.
Click here for Vocabulary-building worksheet
Click here for Reading Comp activity
March 2026
The Stranger by Albert Camus
In The Stranger by Albert Camus, a quiet, emotionally detached man named Meursault attends his mother’s funeral and shocks everyone by seeming not to care. When a random, sun-drenched encounter on a beach leads to sudden violence, his life spirals into a gripping courtroom drama. But as the trial unfolds, it becomes clear that Meursault is being judged less for his crime and more for refusing to pretend he feels what society expects. His blunt honesty forces readers to confront uncomfortable questions about truth, conformity, and the meaning of life. Short, intense, and unsettling, this novel pulls you in with its simplicity—and leaves you questioning everything long after the final page.
Did you know that author Albert Camus won the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature in 1957?
Click here for Vocabulary-building worksheet
Click here for Topic vs. Main Idea activity
Click here for Trial Activity
April 2026
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is about four sisters growing up, figuring out who they are, and trying to hold onto what matters most. Jo wants freedom, Meg dreams of a perfect life, Beth quietly holds everyone together, and Amy is determined to become something more. They go through love, loss, mistakes, and big choices that don’t always turn out the way they expect. It’s the kind of story that feels real—messy, emotional, and full of moments that stay with you.
Click here for Vocabulary-building worksheet
Click here for Reading Activities
Click here for Multiple Choice Book Quiz
May 2026
Coming Soon
We'll get here soon enough...
June 2026
Coming Soon
Summer will be here soon enough...Don't rush it!
July 2026
Coming Soon
Give it some time...
August 2026
Coming Soon
I mean, it's a whole school year away! LOL
September 2026
Coming Soon
I'll think of a book, I swear.
October 2026
Coming Soon
It'll happen, trust me...
November 2026
Coming Soon
Wait til Thanksgiving!!
December 2026
Coming Soon
Last book of the year will be here before you know it!