Use the links below for the discussion guides for the August Books of the Month.  
Discussion guides for September - May are available on the Advisers Only page.  Advisers will receive the 2020-2021 password upon receipt of chapter dues. 
Not a registered chapter? Click here to register for the 2020-2021 school year. 

Tome Society (High School) 
Allies
Every Stolen Breath

Junior Tome (Middle School) 
Blood Mountain

Club Tome (Elementary)
Caterpillar Summer

Please see below for more information regarding TomeCon cancelation details:

1. Competitions & Awards - student and chapter winners for competitions will be announced online on the website via video or a published list. We hope to have these published by the end of the month. We will email when the results are posted. Trophies, medals, and certificates will be mailed to schools with winners. The Tome Team will be packing many of these items up this weekend to begin the shipping process. 
2. In-Person Competitions - Reading Bowl Championship rounds and Book Talk competition that were to take place at TomeCon are canceled. Additional information regarding official winners for Reading Bowl will come from Ashley by the end of next week. We encourage schools with Book Talk competitors to allow these students to present their speeches to an audience at your school to celebrate all of their hard work preparing. 
3. Virtual Conference - due to many schools closing next week and beyond, we will not be pursuing a live virtual conference. However, we have reached out to the presenters we had scheduled for the in-person event, and many have agreed to send a short video interview. We will compile these videos online on the website for your to share with your school. We hope to have these available by the end of the month. We will email when they are posted. 
4. It List Book Set Giveaway - we will still be drawing one elementary, one middle, and one high school name from the registrations to award a full set of the corresponding grade level 20-21 It List books to. These winners will be emailed directly, as well as announced on the website. We hope to have this information published by the end of next week. We hope to have these books shipped to winners by the end of the month. Thank you to the Clipper Petroleum Foundation for the grant to make this possible. 
5. Other items - registered individuals/schools will receive a package containing your official TomeCon 2020 buttons, It List bookmarks, and any t-shirts ordered.  The Tome Team will be packing many of these items up this weekend to begin the shipping process.  We hope to have these shipped by the end of the month. 
6. Refunds - we will be issuing refunds via check to schools or PayPal to individuals who paid by card, less a shipping and processing fee. We have not determined the exact amount of this fee, but are working to determine the appropriate amount and will let you know as soon as possible. We hope to have refunds issued by the end of the month. 
7. Individual refund as donation - If you purchased your ticket personally as an individual via our online JotForm (does not apply to schools) and wish to have your TomeCon ticket refund donated to the Tome Society nonprofit as a tax-deductible donation, please let us know ASAP by emailing tometeam@tomesociety.org. 

Thank you again for your support and patience as we work through this unprecedented situation. If you have additional questions that were not addressed in this message, please email us. 
Thank you! 
​The Tome Team

We are excited to announce our It List nominees for 2020-2021! We can’t wait for you to read these great books! Congratulations to all the authors!
 
Tome Society It List 2020-2021 (High School)

1. Allies, Alan Gratz
2. Every Stolen Breath, Kimberly Gabriel
3. From Twinkle With Love, Sandhya Menon
4. House of Salt and Sorrow, Erin A. Craig
5. Last of Her Name, Jessica Khoury
6. Mike, Andrew Norriss
7. No Place Like Here, Christina June
8. Sea Witch, Sarah Henning
9. Sky Without Stars, Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell
10. Skyjacked, Paul Griffin
11. Skyward, Brandon Sanderson
12. Spin, Lamar Giles
13. The Bone Houses, Emily Lloyd Jones
14. The Fountains of Silence, Ruta Sepetys
15. The Memory Thief, Lauren Mansy
16. The Silence Between Us, Alison Gervais
17. The Traitor Prince, CJ Redwine
18. Tiger Queen, Annie Sullivan
19. We Hunt the Flame, Hafsah Faizal
20. We Were Beautiful, Heather Hepler

 
 
Junior Tome It List 2020-2021 (Middle School)

1. Blood Mountain, James Preller
2. Each Tiny Spark, Pablo Cartaya
3. Fire & Heist, Sarah Beth Durst
4. Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster, Jonathan Auxier
5. The Door to the Lost, Jaleigh Johnson
6. The Memory Keeper, Jennifer Camiccia
7. The Revenge of Magic, James Riley
8. The Season of Styx Malone, Kekla Magoon
9. The Storm Runner, JC Cervantes
10. Words on Fire, Jennifer Nielsen

 
Club Tome It List 2020-2021 (Elementary School, grades 3-5)

1. Caterpillar Summer, Gillian McDunn
2. Forever Neverland, Susan Adrian
3. Song for a Whale, Lynne Kelly
4. Spark, Sarah Beth Durst
5. The Problem Children, Natalie Lloyd
6. The Storm Keeper’s Island, Catherine Doyle
7. The Strangers, Margaret Peterson Haddix

Have you been missing the Tome Society emails? We've recently been alerted that some email servers, including Outlook, have updated their security settings which causes our emails to get blocked. Our email provider is working on a solution!
In the meantime, click the links to read our email updates from the past couple weeks! 

Weekly Update (2/4/2020)
Spring Competition Deadline THIS WEEK
TomeCon Regular Registration Now Open

Does your Black Friday shopping list include books? It should! We've rounded up some deals on books for Black Friday weekend shopping! 

Amazon
Up to 70% off books
Use smile.amazon.com and select Tome Student Literacy Society to benefit Tome at no extra cost to you! 

Barnes & Noble 
Use code BLKFRI for 10% off your order

Books-A-Million 
$5 off $25 purchase

Half Price Books (several It List titles available!)
Use code BOOKIT25 for 25% off your order 

Better World Books (several It List titles available!)
Use code HOLIDAY19 for $5 off $20+ or $10 off $35+

Bonfire
Tome Society Swag Store
New designs launching Friday at sale prices! 

What great book deals did you find? Let us know in the comments! 

You can find our presentation and also post your own questions/resources on our padlet for the session. 

Thursday at 4:30 PM in Marriot Gulfstream I:
Re-imagine Your Book Club: Cross-Curricular Collaboration with Tome’s Future Ready Book Club

​https://event.crowdcompass.com/gaetc2019/activity/afN7rTT45a

The new school year is upon us and we are very excited for what this year has ahead! Be sure to follow us on social media for updates, It List highlights, and more! 
Facebook: facebook.com/tomesociety
Twitter: @tomesociety
Instagram: @tomesociety

See below for important updates and information:

DATES AND DEADLINES
Reading Bowl Dates & Deadlines
Sept 20, Friday - Chapter Registration & Dues Postmark Deadline for Reading Bowl eligibility; Reading Bowl Team Registration form deadline
Oct 9-16 - Reading Bowl Exam #1
Dec 4-11 - Reading Bowl Exam #2
Feb 5-12 - Reading Bowl Exam #3  

General Chapter Dates & Deadlines
Nov 15, Friday - Chapter Registration & Dues Postmark Deadline for TomeCon Early Registration eligibility
Dec 6, Friday - Fall Competition Deadline
Feb 3-7 - Tome Literacy Week
Feb 7 - Spring Competition Deadline, New It List nominee release, Honor Society registration deadline

TomeCon Dates & Deadlines
TomeCon Early Registration - Jan 9, Thursday (10am) - Jan 27, Monday (active chapters only)
TomeCon Regular Registration - Jan 28, Tuesday - Feb 27, Thursday (open to all, lunch & t-shirt pre-order deadline)
TomeCon Late Registration  - Feb 28, Friday- March 13, Friday (open to all, no pre-order option)
TomeCon Late Online-only Registration - March 14, Saturday - March 20, Friday (online payment only)
TomeCon 2020 - March 24, Tuesday, 9am-5pm, be sure to plan to attend all day!

REGISTERING YOUR CHAPTER
Use the links and information found here to register:  http://www.tomesociety.org/chapters.html

For schools/groups registering multiple chapter levels (Elementary, Middle, High), be sure to complete the online form and pay dues for each level separately in order to be eligible for competitions at those levels. 

BOOKS OF THE MONTH
Looking for the full list of Books of the Month to discuss with your chapter? See them on the Blog: http://www.tomesociety.org/blog/july-22nd-2019

Discussion guides can be found on the password protected Advisers page of the website. The 19-20 password will be emailed to each adviser with their chapter dues receipt after chapter dues are received and processed. 

READING BOWL INFO
Please review ALL of the information found at http://www.tomesociety.org/reading-bowl.html if your chapter plans to compete in the Reading Bowl competition. 

Exam book lists and dates can be found on this page, as well. 
Also, please note the new Proctor Requirement for Reading Bowl exams this school year. 
Direct questions to readingbowl@tomesociety.org. 

COMPETITIONS 
Find the complete list of competition offerings and directions at http://www.tomesociety.org/competitions.html. 
We've added 3 new competitions (lesson plans and competitions rubrics coming soon)!

• Student Book Choice Historical Fiction Infographic
• Student Book Choice Character to Author Letter 
• Student Book Choice Digital Graphic Cover Redesign   

Also, we've added a Competition Exemplars page to the website and are working to populate those examples for you. See the page here: http://www.tomesociety.org/competition-exemplars.html 

TomeCon 2020 - Find Your Spark! 
We are already in the process of booking authors and other guest speakers for TomeCon. We think you will be very excited by who has already said they're coming! This is going to be another can't-miss-event. Please make plans to attend all day from 9am to 5pm to get the full experience.
Reminder - any school bringing students to TomeCon is required to provide a half or full-day volunteer for the event. Most of these volunteers will be acting as room & hall monitors and all of the volunteers are VERY necessary to make TomeCon a fun and safe day. Please begin planning now for who you will bring. Ideas- co-workers, retired teachers, parents, your family members, college students, etc. 

Help us find sponsors! 
The Tome Team is actively working to reduce the student ticket cost for TomeCon 2020, BUT we can't make it happen without partnering with sponsors for the event. Please help us by reaching out to your community members and parents who work with businesses that would be interested in supporting student literacy and getting their name out to 3,000 people from across the state of Georgia and beyond! 
 
IT LIST 2020-2021 READERS
Interested in helping review books for the next It Lists? Find the link to the consideration list sign up on the Advisers page.