Welcome to our Book Club! :)
G.O. Book Club believes, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll [G.O.]” Dr. Seuss”.
Below you will find your yearly book club titles. For your convenience, each month, two books are featured in office. We encourage you to read ahead and rack up on your points. Each book is worth 20 points towards your Patient Rewards Hub! Feel free to stop by the front desk and show us the page you’re working on or email the book title and page number to gabby@gerleinorthodontics.com or adriana@gerleinorthodontics.com.
Go on, don’t be shy, select a book and let us know how you like it.
In 2023, the Book Club includes the following titles:
The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein
Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great! By Sandra Boynton
The Day the Crayons Quit, by Drew Daywalt
Welcome to the World, by Julia Donaldson
Dream Big, Little One, by Vashti Harrison
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring, by Kenard Pak
Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 1-4: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight at Dawn, Mummies in the Morning, and Pirates Past Noon, by Mary Pope Osborn
The Hawthorne Legacy, by Jennifer Lynee Barnes
The Inheritance Games, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Final Gambit, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
The Alchemist, 25th Anniversary: A Fable About Following Your Dream, by Paulo Coelho
The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton
The Good for Nothing Button! By Mo Willems
Warrior Girl Unearthed, by Angeline Boulley
The Maze Runner, by James Dashner
Pumpkin Jack, by Will Hubbell
I'm On It! By Andrea Tsurumi
In 2022, the Book Club included the following titles:
Charlotte's Web, by E. B White
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown, by Steve Sheinkin
The Ogress and the Orphans, by Kelly Barnhill
Munching on the Sun, by Mark Paul Oleksiw
In the Key of Us, by Mariama J. Lockington
Shine! By J. J Grabenstein
Manu, by Kelly Fernández
The Last Mapmaker, by Christina Soontornvat
The Beautiful List, by Christine Virgin
Golden Ticket, Kate Egan
Squirrel's New Year's Resolution, by Pat Miller
Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja, by Marcus Emerson
Elephants Cannot Dance! By Mo Willems
In 2021, the Book Club included the following titles:
The Last Kids on Earth, by Max Brallier
The Ickabog, by J.K. Rowling
The Bad Guys, by Aaron Blabey
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hard Luck, by Jeff Kinney
Dog Man: Unleashed, by Dav Pilkey
The Boxcar Children, by Gertrude Chandler Warne
The Refugee, by Alan Gratz
The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate and Patricia Castelao
Front Desk, by Kelly Yang
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid, by Jeff Kinney
The Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolkien
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan
Marcus Makes a Movie, by Kevin Hart
The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy's Big Day, by Ann M. Martin
The Shark Caller, by Zillah Bethell
Ground Zero, by Alan Gratz
The Jigsaw Jungle, by Kristin Levine
We Dream of Space, by Erin Entrada Kelly
Out of My Heart, by Sharon M. Draper
In 2020, the Book Club included the following titles:
Furthermore, by Tahereh Mafi
Tomorrow I'll Be Brave, by Jessica Hische
A Tale of Magic, by Chris Colfer
Sulwe, by Lupita Nyong'o
The Penderwicks, by Jeanne Birdsall
Shark Lady, by Jess Keating and Marta Álvarez Miguéns
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, by Chris Grabenstein
Aurora Rising, by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Islandborn, by Junot Díaz
Okay for Now, by Gary D. Schmidt
We Walked the Sky, by Lisa Fiedler
Nightmares! By Jason Segal and Kristen Miller
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball, by Jeff Kinney
Five Feet Apart, by Rachael Lippincott
Song for a Whale, by Lynne Kelly
Ali Cross, by James Patterson
Me and Marvin Gardens, by Amy Sarig King
Starsight, by Brandon Sanderson
See you in the Cosmos, by Jack Cheng
White Bird, by R. J. Palacio
Tell Me Three Things, by Julie Buxbaum
Short, by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Nimona, by ND Stevenson
This One Summer, by Mariko Tamaki
In 2019, the Book Club included the following titles:
The Land of Forgotten Girls, by Erin Entrada Kelly
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, by J. K. Rowling
Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment, by
James Patterson
Bat and the Waiting Game, by
Elana K. Arnold
Soccerverse: Poems about Soccer, by Elizabeth Steinglass
The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic, by Jennifer Trafton
Beyond the Bright Sea, by Lauren Wolk
Start Now!: You Can Make a Difference, by Chelsea Clinton
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin
Middle School Matters, by Phyllis L. Fagell
Checked, by Cynthia Kadohata
Dog Man, by Dav Pilkey
Smile, by Raina Telgemeier
Cam Jansen: the Birthday Mystery #20, by
David A. Adler
Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Meltdown, by Jeff Kinney
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, By Dusti Bowling
The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare, by
Shannon Hale
The Candymakers, by Wendy Mass
Auggie & Me, by R.J. Palacio
Hello Universe, by Erin Entrada Kelly
Hour of the Bees, by Lindsay Eagar
Forget Me Not, by
Ellie Terry
Supergifted, Gordon Korman
Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover, by Cece Bell
Mac Undercover (Mac B., Kid Spy #1), by Mac Barnett
Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: Book 2: The Search for the Sunken Treasure: Australia, by Elizabeth Singer Hunt
In 2018, the Book Club included the following titles:
The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
Cam Jansen: the Snowy Day Mystery #24 by David A. Adler
A Boy Called BAT by Elana K. Arnold
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Science of Breakable Things, by Tae Keller
The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
So. B. It by Sarah Weeks
Aru Shah and the End of Time, by Roshani Chokshi
Wolf Hollow, by Lauren Wolk
You Go First, by Erin Entrada Kelly
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mss
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Wild Robot Escapes, by Peter Brown
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, by Wendy Mass
Hamilton and Peggy! A Revolutionary Friendship, by L.M. Elliott
The Green Ember, by S.D Smith
Secret Agent Jack Stalwart Book 1 The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur by Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
The Borrowers, by Mary Norton
Cinder, by Marissa Meyer
Last Day on Mars, by Kevin Emerson
Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
Granted by John David Anderson
The 11:11 Wish, by Kim Tomsic
Eight Keys, by Suzanne LaFleur
Henry and the Chalk Dragon, by Jennifer Trafton
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’engle
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi
Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson
Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire, by John August
In 2017, the Book Club included the following titles:
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
All Rise For the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Slacker by Gordon Korman
Jack and the Geniuses at the Bottom of the World by Bill Nye
The Inquisitors Tale Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Bicycling to the Moon by Timo Parvela
The View From Saturday by e.k. konigsburg
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
In 2016, the Book Club included the following titles
Lumberjanes, by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis and Noelle Stevenson
Who Was Leonardo Da Vinci? by Roberta Edwards
Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Jones
Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
The Hero’s Guide to Saving You Kingdom by Christopher Healy
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School by Kim Baker
Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head by Lauren Oliver and H.C. Chester
Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
by Liesl Shurtliff
A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Fortunately, The Milk by Neil Gaiman
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Uma Krishnaswami