This February and March, students in a 5th and 6th Grade book club read Gloria Whelan’s book about arranged marriage in India, Homeless Bird. Before we began reading, we watched a short video to expose us to what is going to happen in the book, and we identified things that we already knew about India and their culture, as well as things we wanted to learn about India on our KWL chart. Each week, we read two chapters, and answered a question to bring back to book club and discuss. We held great discussions about the book, and continuously added to our KWL chart. Students LOVED this book and are excited for their fellow classmates to begin reading it.