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September Guys Read/Girls Read Book Clubs

Did you know that we have two parent/child book clubs every month at the Provo City Library?  They are for children 9-12 and a parent/guardian and this month they will meet on September 25 (girls) and September 27 (guys). You can preregister under the Kids Corner/Program Registration tab on the library website and then pick up a copy of the book at the Children's Desk. This month we have two great books to discuss:

Girls Read


Real Friends
Shannon Hale
Illustrated by LeUyan Pham
First Second, 2017. Comics. 207 p.
This graphic novel memoir follows Hale's struggles with friendship from early elementary until her teenage years.  Shannon is awkward as a child.  She has to deal with some toxic relationships at school and at home, but uses her skills of imagination, innate resilience, and faith to make her way through them. Pham's color illustrations are expressive and put the reader right into Shannon's world, both inside and out. 

Guys Read


The Inquisitor's Tale: or the Three Magical Children and their Holy Dog
by Adam Gidwitz
Duton, 2016. Fiction. 363 p.
The setting is 13th century France. The adventurers are Jeanne, a peasant girl who has visionary seizures, William, a young mixed-racial monk who is very large and preternaturally strong, and Jacob, who is a Jewish boy with the gift of healing.  As the three make their way in the world, fate causes them to meet and go on a quest that will eventually lead to glory or death. This Newbery Honor book is irreverent and funny, but also deep and enchanting. 

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