The Serpent King is a dark coming of age tale about the son of a religious extremist who battles his legacy of darkness, while dealing with the horrors of high school along with his friends.
This is the novel that the Timber Creek high school’s Book Club has chosen to read. The organization returned this year on Aug. 23 and is sponsored by the school’s librarian, Brandy Abbott. Students of all grade levels meet once a week on Wednesday from 3:50 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. to discuss portions of their chosen novel.
“A lot of kids are looking for something new to read and talk to somebody [about the book] with,” Abbott said “Now is the best time to join because they are about start a new book.”
Book club has always been a favorite pastime in American history. Since the early twentieth century, reading groups have become a huge phenomenon and are found everywhere from schools to local communities to even virtual platforms. According to MinnPost.com, it is estimated today that there are more than five million book club members in the United States, with most clubs having ten or more members. Book clubs were first created by women since at least the 1630s, to discuss sermons. Then in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, sermons turned into poetry, and poetry turned into full blown novels.
The ultimate goal of the Timber Creek book club according to Abbott is, “to read new literature, [discover] new favorite book and make new friends to discuss it with.”