The
GBC Teens of Galveston, TX
Galveston
Island, Texas
The
GBC
Teens were founded in January
2002 by Yoni Benson, Mary Jones and Pamela Walker
Williams as an outreach program of The Good Book
Club of Houston, TX and The Circle of Essence Book
Club of Galveston, TX.
The girls meet every other month in
Galveston, TX and are given the books free of charge,
courtesy of authors and literary businesses.
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Want to Help?
Authors and Publishers
- You can donate 15 copies of
age-appropriate
books (for 15 - 18 year olds) (
Contact
Pam ).
Since
their inception, the GBC teens have read the following
titles:
Marked
by Fire , by Joyce Carol Thomas (January
2002 - books donated by Pamela Walker Williams,
PageTurner.net)
Riding
Through Shadows by Sharon Ewell
Foster (March 2002 - books donated by the author)
Sorority
Sisters , by Tajuna TJ Butler (May
2002 - books donated by L. Peggy Hicks, Tricom)
First
Love by Yolanda Callegari Brooks
(July 2002 - books donated by the author)
On
Our Way to Beautiful by Yolanda
Young (September 2002 - books donated by L. Peggy
Hicks, Tricom)
Getting
Our Breath Back by Shawnee Johnson
(November 2002 - books donated by Robert Kempe,
Dutton Publishers)
Between
Brothers (Not All Dogs) by C. Kelly
Robinson (January 2003 - books donated by L. Peggy
Hicks, Tricom)
On
Her Own Ground by A'Lelia Bundles
(March 2003 - books donated by Pamela Walker Williams,
PageTurner.net)
True
Lies by
Margaret Johnson Hodge - (May 2003 - books donated
by L. Peggy Hicks, Tricom)
The
Wedding by Dorothy West - (July 2003
- books donated by P. Walker Williams, PageTurner.net
)
Gonna
Lay Down My Burdens by
Mary Monroe (September 2003 - books donated by L.
Peggy Hicks, Tricom)
Baby Mama's
Drama by Carl Weber
(November 2003 - books donated by L. Peggy Hicks,
Tricom)
Autumn
Leaves by
Victor McGlothin (January 2004 - books donated by
L. Peggy Hicks, Tricom)
QuakerTown
by Lee Martin (Feburary 2004 - books donated by
P. Walker Williams, PageTurner.net )
The
Perfect Blend by C. Kelly Robinson(April 2004) -
- books donated by L. Peggy Hicks, Tricom)
Highlights
from July 2003's Meeting
The
Wedding by Dorothy West
- Click Here For Photos
GBC
Teens
Book Discussion led by Mentor Yoni Bensons
(at the Nia Cultural Center)
GBC
Teens
Book Discussion led by Mentor Yoni Bensons
(at the Nia Cultural Center)
GBC
Teens Reading
First Love by Yolanda Callegari Brooks
(at the Nia Cultural Center)
GBC
Teens
with Mentor Sue Johnson
(at the home of Mary Jones)
Reading On Our Way To Beautiful
by Yolanda Young