February Meeting: Biography/Memoir

We had a great meeting this month talking about biographies and memoirs. The books we shared were: Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka; The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater; Free Lunch by Rex Ogle; Night by Elie Wiesel; and They Called Us Enemy by George Takei. They all covered very heavy subject matter so our conversation was appropriately subdued, although most of them ended with a message of hope.

Then we turned to our own stories, starting by creating avatars online to use in a customizable biography template on Canva. Some members chose to be a bit more creative in their interpretations, but we did learn a little more about each other, as you'll see below.

Our next meeting will be on Monday, March 2nd. We will be discussing fairy tale/folk tale/mythology retellings. Some suggestions are shown below!