Middle Grade Book Club: Summer Edition!
Wed, Jul 15
|Wonderland Bookshop
A fun and interactive book club for readers ages 8-12*. For our July/August book club we will be reading 'Benny on the Case'! Follow Benny (a boy with Mosaic Down syndrome) as he navigates a new class, new friends, and standing up to bullies, all while trying to catch a thief and save his home.
Time & Location
Jul 15, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Wonderland Bookshop, 4001 N Downer Ave, Shorewood, WI 53211, USA
About the event
Our book club is recommended for readers aged 8-12*, and we will be reading Benny on the Case by Wesley King!
(Recommended age, readers of all ages are welcome to join!)
Benny on the Case - Wesley King
A boy with Mosaic Down syndrome navigates entering a mainstream classroom, making new friends, and standing up to bullies all while trying to catch a thief and save his home in this thrilling middle grade mystery from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Wesley King.
Benny isn’t your average boy from Newfoundland. He lives in a retirement home that his mother runs, he has an eighty-six-year-old best friend named Mr. Tom, he knows more about fixing boats than video games, and he has Mosaic Down syndrome. When Benny transitions to a mainstream classroom for the first time, the other students tease him for his differences…except for Salma. She’s new, too, and…