Wise Owls Book Club - Summer

Wise owls book club
to Add to Calendar 2023-07-11 17:00:00 2023-07-11 18:00:00 Wise Owls Book Club - Summer Wise Owls is a Book Club for adults that enjoy reading children's literature. To join the mailing list for this Book Club please email Linda.Cherry@Ventura.org Visit the Hill Road Library to pick up the latest Wise Owls Book Club selection.   Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman It’s the summer of 1987, and all ten-year-old Bug wants to do is go to the beach with her older brother and hang out with the locals on the boardwalk. But Danny wants to be with his own friends, and Bug’s mom is too busy, so Bug is stuck with their neighbor Philip’s nephew, Frankie. Bug’s not too excited about hanging out with a kid she’s never met, but they soon find some common ground. And as the summer unfolds, they find themselves learning some important lessons about each other, and the world. Like what it means to be your true self and how to be a good ally for others. That family can be the people you’re related to, but also the people you choose to have around you. And that even though life isn’t always fair, we can all do our part to make it more just..   United States Ventura County Library support@chillco.com America/Los_Angeles public

Wise Owls is a Book Club for adults that enjoy reading children's literature.

To join the mailing list for this Book Club please email Linda.Cherry@Ventura.org

Visit the Hill Road Library to pick up the latest Wise Owls Book Club selection.

 

Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman

It’s the summer of 1987, and all ten-year-old Bug wants to do is go to the beach with her older brother and hang out with the locals on the boardwalk. But Danny wants to be with his own friends, and Bug’s mom is too busy, so Bug is stuck with their neighbor Philip’s nephew, Frankie. Bug’s not too excited about hanging out with a kid she’s never met, but they soon find some common ground. And as the summer unfolds, they find themselves learning some important lessons about each other, and the world. Like what it means to be your true self and how to be a good ally for others. That family can be the people you’re related to, but also the people you choose to have around you. And that even though life isn’t always fair, we can all do our part to make it more just..

 

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Adults
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Book Club