Reading Club: Teen Book | Gorilla on the moon - Εικόνα

A new Reading Club for teens begins at the SNFCC in December, coordinated by the author Stella Kasdagli. 

The book for the first meeting of the Club is "Gorilla on the moon" by Eleni Katsama.

In their first online meeting on Wednesday December 30th, 30 members from 12 to 16 years old will discover a new world (or many!) that will be created by us, the readers.

And that is only the beginning: every month, Stella will give the signal, announcing the book that we will all be reading over the next few weeks. At the end of each month, the gang that has read the book (or half of it, at least!) will come together to share thoughts, impressions, feelings and concerns inspired by the book that we read, whether we liked it a lot, or not so much. 

A bit more on December’s book

Gorilla on the moon is a much-loved book that has received two very important awards. 

Our story begins when Maria decides to put together the pieces of a puzzle, without knowing that they are puzzle pieces, nor that they can make up a picture that will lead her to her long-lost father. 

Joining Maria on her adventure, we will come across: a collection of mysterious urns, an unfinished wind-up gorilla, and a real one, wearing a mask, in the forest, someone called Andreas and some abandoned trailers that are suddenly inhabited, an archaeological dig and a surprised Mister Anastasis, the long-lost Ring of Minos and the Eye of Tutankhamun that bears the curse of the Mummy. 

And also: “a forgotten drawer in the cupboard, an heirloom from dad, that contained screws and bolts, pulleys and magnets, cogs and springs, little mirrors, levers, cables, keys and dozens of other tiny gizmos, and had mysteriously survived my mother’s incredible meticulousness”. 

How does all this relate to man’s first step on the moon, the gorilla who wanted it for himself (the moon), the tiger in the frame who’s called June, and Penny Lee’s beetles?

We don’t know yet, but we’ll find out – as long as we put our logic aside, and dive into the world of Gorilla on the moon. It’s entirely up to each one of us. 

A bit more on Stella

Stella Kasdagli is an author, translator, co-founder of the non-profit organization Women On Top, and educator to teenagers and adults. She completed her degree (only God knows how) in French Philology in Athens, and went on to study Media Theory in London. She worked as an editor on Cosmopolitan magazine for a number of years, while also writing for other Greek and English-language publications and sites. She now designs and implements actions to empower women, writes on topics she’d like to see discussed more widely, translates foreign literature, and runs workshops for teenagers on body image, the internet and social change. She is also (phew!) co-founder of the Mentorkids network and the Bookworm online book club. She has written the books Koilitsa.com [Belly.com], Ithela mono na horeso [I only wanted to fit], 30 gynaikes pou allaksan ton kosmo (kai pos boreis na ton allakseis ki esi) [30 women who changed the world (and how you can change it, too)], and the Princess Athena series. She has two daughters, and they grow up together in Athens. 

Wednesday 30/12 | 13.00

For boys and girls aged 12 to 16

Participation by online pre-registration

Pre-registration starts on Tuesday 03/12 at 12.00
Online participation will be available through a link that the first 30 participants will receive

 

To take part in the Reading Club, those who register must have read the book of the month (or half of it, at least). 

Gorilla on the moon by Eleni Katsama is available in bookstores from Patakis Publishers. 

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