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Adult Book Club: Children's Literature

Holes by Louis Sachar
2024-11-14 19:00:00 2024-11-14 20:30:00 America/New_York Adult Book Club: Children's Literature Discuss children's books from an adult's perspective. Gum Spring Library - Meeting Room C

Thursday, November 14
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-11-14 19:00:00 2024-11-14 20:30:00 America/New_York Adult Book Club: Children's Literature Discuss children's books from an adult's perspective. Gum Spring Library - Meeting Room C

Gum Spring Library

Meeting Room C

Discuss children's books from an adult's perspective.

Discuss Holes by Louis Sachar. 

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself. Winner of the 1999 Newbery Medal and the National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

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AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Books/Authors |

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