Banned Book Club In-Person
Please join other book loving community members for the monthly meeting of the Banned Book Club. We read and discuss books that have been banned and challenged. To learn more about what classifies a book as banned or challenged, check out information from the American Library Association: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks. Everyone is welcome!
This month we'll be reading the YA novel in verse The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.
Summary from LINKcat: "Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours her frustration onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers. With Mami's determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she knows that she could never get around Mami's rules to attend, much less speak her words out loud. But still, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in spite of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent."
- Date:
- Saturday, September 14, 2024 Show more dates
- Time:
- 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- McCourt Room
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Book Club
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