CIVIL RIGHTS AND EQUALITY

Let's Talk About It Book Club
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle
In 1925, Detroit was a city of jazz, speakeasies, and rising tensions. Ossian Sweet, a proud Negro doctor and grandson of a slave, had worked his way out of the ghetto to buy a home in a white neighborhood. But when a mob gathered outside his house, shots were fired, and Sweet, or one of his defenders, accidentally killed a white man.
This sparked a high-profile trial, with renowned attorney Clarence Darrow defending Sweet, who became a symbol of racial equality. Kevin Boyle weaves together the police investigation, courtroom drama, and Sweet’s journey from slavery to the middle class, capturing the volatile America of the 1920s and the battle for civil rights.
Thursday, April 17 @ 6:00 PM
ADULT BOOK CLUBS

Banned or Challenged Book Club
Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada
When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983, she was eager to escape the drudgery of her family’s restaurant and immerse herself in Western Literature. After convincing her traditional mother and acing her exams, she looked forward to expanding her world. But her college experience took an unexpected turn when she joined a reading group led by the editor of the school newspaper.
What she thought would be casual discussions of Moby Dick and Hamlet soon became a dangerous secret as she found herself part of an underground banned book club. Living under South Korea's Fifth Republic, a brutal military regime known for its censorship, torture, and violence, Hyun Sook’s love for literature quickly shifted from a passionate pursuit to a life-or-death struggle.
As the walls closed in and fellow students disappeared, she realized the true cost of defying a totalitarian regime.
Tuesday, April 1 @ 5:00 PM

Romance Book Club
Tuesday, April 8 @ 5:30 PM

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club
Tuesday, April 15 @ 5:00 PM

4th Tuesday Book Club Book Club
To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne, a socialite and philanthropist, and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson, are a couple straight out of a fairy tale.
Amber’s envy could eat her alive . . . if she didn't have a plan. Amber uses Daphne’s compassion and caring to insinuate herself into the family’s life, the first step in a meticulous scheme to undermine her. Before long, Amber is Daphne’s closest confidante, traveling to Europe with the Parrishes and their lovely young daughters, and growing closer to Jackson. But a skeleton from her past may undermine everything that Amber has worked towards, and if it is discovered, her well-laid plan may fall to pieces.
Tuesday, April 22 @ 5:00 PM
CHILDREN'S BOOK CLUB

Elementary Book Club & Movie
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Spends his youth in a loving home, surrounded by friends and cared for by his owners. But when circumstances change, he learns that not all humans are so kind.
Tuesday, April 8 @ 4:00 PM
CIVIL RIGHTS AND EQUALITY

Let's Talk About It Book Club
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle
In 1925, Detroit was a city of jazz, speakeasies, and rising tensions. Ossian Sweet, a proud Negro doctor and grandson of a slave, had worked his way out of the ghetto to buy a home in a white neighborhood. But when a mob gathered outside his house, shots were fired, and Sweet, or one of his defenders, accidentally killed a white man.
This sparked a high-profile trial, with renowned attorney Clarence Darrow defending Sweet, who became a symbol of racial equality. Kevin Boyle weaves together the police investigation, courtroom drama, and Sweet’s journey from slavery to the middle class, capturing the volatile America of the 1920s and the battle for civil rights.
Thursday, April 17 @ 6:00 PM
ADULT BOOK CLUBS

Banned or Challenged Book Club
Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada
When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983, she was eager to escape the drudgery of her family’s restaurant and immerse herself in Western Literature. After convincing her traditional mother and acing her exams, she looked forward to expanding her world. But her college experience took an unexpected turn when she joined a reading group led by the editor of the school newspaper.
What she thought would be casual discussions of Moby Dick and Hamlet soon became a dangerous secret as she found herself part of an underground banned book club. Living under South Korea's Fifth Republic, a brutal military regime known for its censorship, torture, and violence, Hyun Sook’s love for literature quickly shifted from a passionate pursuit to a life-or-death struggle.
As the walls closed in and fellow students disappeared, she realized the true cost of defying a totalitarian regime.
Tuesday, April 1 @ 5:00 PM

Romance Book Club
Tuesday, April 8 @ 5:30 PM

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club
Tuesday, April 15 @ 5:30 PM

4th Tuesday Book Club Book Club
Tuesday, April 22 @ 5:00 PM
CHILDREN'S BOOK CLUB

Elementary Book Club & Movie
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Spends his youth in a loving home, surrounded by friends and cared for by his owners. But when circumstances change, he learns that not all humans are so kind.
Passed from hand to hand, Black Beauty witnesses love and cruelty, wealth and poverty, friendship and hardship ...
Will the handsome horse ever find a happy and lasting home? Carefully retold in clear contemporary language, and presented with delightful illustrations, these favorite classic stories capture the heart and imagination of young readers.
Tuesday, April 8 @ 4:00 PM