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Home Away From Home - Online Book Club

Writer's picture: Leanna ChappellLeanna Chappell

Updated: Feb 4


Welcome to our online book club for grades 5-8! We are excited for you to join us in reading Home Away from Home by Cynthia Lord.


Along with a free copy of the book, you will receive a review page so you can tell us what you thought of the book! You will also receive a questions page to consider, activity pages, and an information page with cool links related to the book!


Kits are ready for pickup today, Monday, February 3! Please remember that we have a limited number of kits available, so it's first come, first served. If you have any special requests or need accommodations, please let Leanna or Michelle know!


All we ask is that you read the book: do as much or as little of the rest of it as you want. No matter how much you do, the book is yours!


"Home Away from Home" by Cynthia Lord


"Mia and her mom visit Grandma in Maine every summer, but this year Mia is going alone. Her mom will stay behind to get their house ready to sell. It’ll be a new start, she says, after the divorce. Mia doesn’t want a new start. She’d rather everything just stayed the same! At least things will be the same at Grandma’s, though. Mia will walk to town for ice cream, and wait by the water, watching for birds, just like always. Then Mia meets Grandma’s know-it-all new neighbor, who’s just her age. Cayman acts like he belongs at Grandma’s house. He acts like he’s the expert on everything. And when he and Mia spot an unusual white bird of prey, he acts like it’s his job to find out what it is. Unless, that is, Mia finds out first. And, in her effort to prove herself to him, she makes a decision that will change things for the town, for the bird, for Cayman, and even for herself. Can Mia stop what she’s put into motion?”


Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!


More about the author, the animals, and Maine:


Cynthia Lord’s site:


Audubon Society’s pages on gyrfalcons and bald eagles:


DownEast.com’s page on Maine’s prettiest harbors:


Catster magazine’s site:


Nature’s Nursery, local wildlife conservation and rehabilitation center:


Included as well: a word search, a crossword, and an eagle coloring page.






We hope you enjoy these activities and would love to hear what you thought of the book! We also hope you enjoyed the extra links. Remember, you can comment here on this website, email us at swantonpl@gmail.com, or come in and turn in a physical copy!

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jakejdarby
6 days ago

Reading is the most beautiful thing, it's great that you share these books here, I think children will be very happy with these books, each book is a different adventure, I think reading books develops children's imagination, children who develop imagination get better thinking skills, give them time to have fun, they can have fun playing games like basketball legends, such games are completely free and unlimited, children have fun playing games with sports content will improve them.

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