September is back to school month (at least for many folks in North America it is.) So we're going to read a book with prominent school in it! The classics of this genre have huge footprints to fill *Ender's Game* , *Harry Potter*, *Tiffany Aching*, and etc. We've picked a couple of less reads, but not less loved, examples for this month. NK Jemisin's *The Fifth Season* is a post-apocalyptic science fantasy, in a world wracked by deadly earthquakes those who can control the earth are trained at the Fulcrum. And Ursula K. Leguin's *A Wizard of Earthsea* a coming of age story where a magic prodigy's skill over reaches his education.------------------------------*A Wizard of Earthsea* by Ursula K. LeguinCW: none I am aware ofBack Cover TextGed, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth.Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.*The Fifth Season* by NK JemisinCW: child death, abuse, lynchingBack Cover TextThis is the way the world ends. Again.Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze -- the world-spanning empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years -- collapses as most of its citizens are murdered to serve a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heart of the vast continent known as the Stillness, a great red rift has been been torn into the heart of the earth, spewing ash enough to darken the sky for years. Or centuries.Now Essun must pursue the wreckage of her family through a deadly, dying land. Without sunlight, clean water, or arable land, and with limited stockpiles of supplies, there will be war all across the Stillness: a battle royale of nations not for power or territory, but simply for the basic resources necessary to get through the long dark night. Essun does not care if the world falls apart around her. She'll break it herself, if she must, to save her daughter. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19161852-the-fifth-season ?>------------------------------If you'd like to suggest other books for our book club, please follow this link