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Adult Book Club: Children's Literature

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Lord
2025-03-13 19:00:00 2025-03-13 20:30:00 America/New_York Adult Book Club: Children's Literature Discuss children's literature from an adult's perspective. Gum Spring Library - Meeting Room C

Thursday, March 13
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-13 19:00:00 2025-03-13 20:30:00 America/New_York Adult Book Club: Children's Literature Discuss children's literature from an adult's perspective. Gum Spring Library - Meeting Room C

Gum Spring Library

Meeting Room C

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

Discuss In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Lorde.

Set in 1947, Shirley Temple Wong, a Chinese girl, moves to Brooklyn, where she becomes Americanized through her school, her apartment building, and her love for baseball.

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AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Books/Authors |

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