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April Girls Read/Guys Read

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Did you know that we have two parent/child book clubs every month at the Provo City Library? They are for children ages 9-12 and a caregiver. This month, they will meet April 23 (girls) and April 25 (guys). These will be the last book club events until fall, so be sure to preregister under the Kids Corner/Program Registration tab on the library website. We have two great books to discuss this month:
Girls Read
Beauty
by Robin McKinley
Harper & Row, 1978. Fiction. 247 p.

Beauty is a retelling of the classic story of Beauty and the beast. In this version, kind Beauty (who does not think she is actually beautiful compared to her sisters) leaves her family behind when her father returns home with a stolen rose and a threat from the Beast who he stole from - his life in exchange for the rose. Beauty, determined to be brave and save her father's life, chooses to live in the enchanted castle and hopefully tame the Beast. This is a fairy tale retelling so beloved and so classic that it is almost canon in its own right. The fairy tale is mostly represented accurately, but the characters come to life in such unique new ways - this is a romance for the ages.

Guys Read

Last Day on Mars
By Kevin Emerson
Walden Pond Press. 2017. Fiction. 325 p.

Liam has spent his entire life on the planet Mars. It is Earth year 2213 and the Sun has began to go supernova, sending Earth's population to Mars in retreat while they build the necessary spaceships to travel to a planet many light years away. With less than 24 hours until Mars will meet the same end as Earth, Liam and his sister Phoebe are the last kids on the planet as their parents put the finishing touches on one last project. As they are saying goodbye to their home, Phoebe and Liam make a surprising discovery - unbeknownst to humans, there is extraterrestrial life after all.

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