The Losers Club

Andrew Clements

Alec is a 5th grade boy who loves to read, and can’t stop reading. He reads during all of his classes, until his principal says he will get a consequence. While all that is happening, he has to stay after school every day at the after school program because his  parents don’t get out of work early enough to get him and his little brother. While he’s at the after school program, he has the option to go to the homework room, join a club or make an club, or go and play sports with this rude kid Kent. All the after school teachers tell him that “you can’t just sit around for 3 hours and read.  You need to be involved with other students.” so Alec decides to make a club called the Losers Club. Even though Alec didn’t want anyone else to join the club. He had to have at least one person to join if he wanted to have a club in the first place. He went around asking everyone and only one person said yes, a sweet girl named Nina. Nina will only join if Alex does and plans the presentation in front of the whole school about his club. After many ideas that pop into his head, Alec comes up with and idea. It’s not an ordinary idea it’s one that will need a lot of thinking and time.  Alec repeatedly says he doesn’t want anyone else to join his club but then how does he end up with over 20 people in his club? After a lot of weeks Alec realizes that the words bookworm or loser are just labels and that’s when Kent backs down. Even though Kent’s nicknames aren’t nice, they actually help Alex fight for himself and show Kent that he is not the kid who he wants to be.

This book reminds me of Lions of Little Rock because when Marlee ( the main character from lions of little rock) gets scared she counts prime numbers. As well as Alec thinks of all of his books that he has read when ever he gets scared. It is also similar to Lions of Little Rock because the main characters both have rude friends – as in Kent ( from thee losers club) and Sally ( from lions of little rock.) And just like Lions of Little Rock , the main characters Marlee focuses on one thing which is to hang out with her friends not able to see Liz. But in this case what Alec focuses on is getting good grades so he can stay at his club.

 I recommend this book because it has many ups and downs and an lot of hooks. This book makes you want to hug the characters sometimes after what they do to others. You also just want the characters to get what they deserve.

Sydney P