COYOTE BOOK CLUB

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The WCHS Book Club is made up of students in grades 9-12. The club focuses on reading the 20 books nominated for the Tennessee Volunteer State Book Awards (VSBA), a list that is compiled by the Tennessee Association of School Librarians. We read and discuss these books throughout the school year to prepare for the annual CMCSS Battle of the Books in April at the downtown public library.

We also have fundraisers, assist our school's annual Scholastic Book Fair, promote reading programs, hold a Book Club t-shirt design competition, and an annual book exchange Christmas party in December and senior recognition party in May. If you'd like to join the club, see one of the librarians.

Battle of the Books

The Battle of the Books is an annual competition that takes place every spring between local high school book clubs at the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library. Book clubs send their top three readers to compete in a quiz bowl-style competition over the 20 books nominated for the annual Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award. Each high school's book club members  read these 20 books throughout the year. The winners go home with a trophy, free lunch at a restaurant, and a limo ride back to school with bragging rights until next year's competition.
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2020 - 2021 VSBA High School Nomination List 

Author:                                                                              Book Title:
Acevedo, Elizabeth                                           The Poet X
Adeyemi, Tomi                                                  Children of Blood and Bone
Blake, Ashley Herring                                       Girl Made of Stars
Bowman, Erin                                                   Contagion
Giles, Lamar                                                     Spin
Jackson, Tiffany D.                                           Monday’s Not Coming
Johnson, Maureen                                            Truly Devious
Kemmerer, Brigid                                              More Than We Can Tell
Krosoczka, Jarrett                                             Hey, Kiddo
Mafi, Tahereh                                                    A Very Large Expanse of Sea
McGinnis, Mindy                                               Heroine
Nazemian, Abdi                                                Like a Love Story
Pan, Emily X.R.                                                The Astonishing Color of After
Rogerson, Margaret                                         Sorcery of Thorns
Sepetys, Ruta                                                   The Fountains of Silence
Shusterman, Neal & Jarrod Shusterman          Dry
Stamper, Vesper                                              What the Night Sings
Stevenson, Bryan                                            Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of
                                                                         the Fight for Justice
Thomas, Angie                                                On the Come Up
Yoon, David                                                      Frankly in Love
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