Read with Me Book Club: Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
Wednesday, September 206:00—7:00 PMChildren's Craft RoomMain Library28 Arlington Street, Dracut, MA, 01826
We are so excited to offer a family book club! Kids in grades 3-7 and their caregiver will read the same book, and we will meet on September 20th at 6 pm to discuss!
This month's book is Ban This Book by Alan Gratz. Here's a short summary courtesy of the author's website:
"Well-behaved women seldom make history.
It all started the day Amy Anne Ollinger tried to check out her favorite book in the whole world, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, from the school library. That’s when Mrs. Jones, the librarian, told her the bad news: her favorite book was banned! All because a classmate’s mom thought the book wasn’t appropriate for kids to read.
Amy Anne decides to fight back by starting a secret banned book library out of her locker. But soon things get out of hand, and Amy Anne finds herself on the front line of an unexpected battle over book banning, censorship, and who has the right to decide what she and her fellow students can read. In the end, her only recourse might be to try to beat the book banners at their own game. Because after all, once you ban one book, you can ban them all…"
Registration is required and spots are limited. Children must attend with a caregiver.
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