Hadar Bet Yaakov is passionate about connecting students to literature, critical thinking, and self-awareness. Tenth Grade students Odelya Yakubov, Sarah Davydov, and Abigail Ustayeva launched the HBY Book Club for students who love to read for pleasure. They created their own bulletin board space to announce the books they’re reading and post their “Book Lunch” dates for everyone to get together for book talk. This past month, book club leaders organized a trivia game about their latest read, and you could hear girls enthusiastically screaming out the answers a room away. The event ended with members going back and forth in heated debate and voting on their next read.