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Our Teen Book Group meets the forth Wednesday of the month at 3:00 pm in the Teen area at the Library.
For more information, contact Tracy or Melissa at extension 16.
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2008 Schedule
January 23rd - Funny In Farsi, by Firoozen Dumas
February 20th - Digging to America, by Anne Tyler
March 5th - The Face in My Mirror, by Maureen Crane Wartski
April 23rd - Ashes of Roses, by Mary Jane Auch
Past Discussions
Land of Hope, by Joan Lowery Nixon.
Rebekah, a fifteen-year-old Jewish immigrant arriving in New York City in 1902, almost abandons her dream of getting an education when she is forced to work in a sweatshop.
First Crossings, by Various authors
Fleeing from political violence in Venezuela, Amina and her family have settled in the United States. Sarah, adopted, is desperate to know her Korean birth parents. Maya is adapting just fine to life in the U.S. and wishes her strict Kazakh parents would follow suit. Adrian's new friends have some spooky -- and hilarious -- misconceptions about his Romanian origins. Martine is fighting proud of her Haitian roots, while Sopeap embraces her Cambodian heritage more cautiously... Whether they've transitioned from Mexico to the United States or from Ramallah to New Mexico, the characters in this anthology have all ventured far and have faced innumerable challenges
The Flight to Freedom, by Anna Veciana-Suarez
Writing in the diary which her father gave her, thirteen-year-old Yara describes life with her family in Havana, Cuba, in 1967 as well as her experiences in Miami, Florida, after immigrating there to be reunited with some relatives while leaving others behind.
Ask Me No Questions, by Marina Budhos
Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and their parents leave Bangladesh for New York City, but the expiration of their visas and the events of September 11, 2001, bring frustration, sorrow, and terror for the whole family.
London Calling by Edward Bloor.
Seventh-grader Martin Conway believes that his life is monotonous and dull until the night the antique radio he uses as a night-light transports him to the bombing of London in 1940.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne.
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Patterson.
Jake and Rosa, two children, form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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