Reading in Round Parent Book Club
Tuesday, January 29: Calling All Parents Who Love To Read!
Dear Brooklyn Collaborative Families,
Calling all parents to kick off our Brooklyn Collaborative Parent Book Club!
If you enjoy reading, this is a wonderful opportunity to meet other parents, read some of the ‘hottest’ Young Adult (YA) authors that our students are reading, use fiction to explore, address, and discuss issues our students may face around race, gender, class, sexuality, equality, immigration, etc.
We will kick off this year's book club by reading Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. This compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, is set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.
Born a Crime is available at your local library and through Amazon. If you have any difficulty getting the book, please email Imani at imani@bcs448.org and school librarian Amanda Clarke at amandac@bcs448.org ASAP.
Check out links to two interviews with Trevor Noah about his book Born a Crime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hfMNTnBM4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEsWOZjjVt8 (interview with
Reading in the Round Parent Book Club
Light dinner provided.
Mark your calendar for upcoming book club gatherings on Tuesday, February 26th when we read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz, on March 26th for Far From the Tree by Robin Benway, and on April 30th when we read Love, Hate, and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2019, 06:00 PM
BCS Library at 610 Henry Street
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
February Selection: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
March Selection: Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
April Selection: Love, Hate, and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah - Tuesday, January 29th
Born a Crime is the compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed
ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE by Benjamin Alire Saenz -- Tuesday, February 26th
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is a tender, honest exploration of identity and sexuality, and a passionate reminder that love—whether romantic or familial—should be open, free, and without shame.
FAR FROM THE TREE by Robin Benway - Tuesday, March 26th
Far From the Tree is Robin Benway’s beautiful interweaving story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family in all its forms—how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it.
LOVE, HATE, AND OTHER FILTERS by Samira Ahmed - Tuesday, April 30th
Love, Hate, and Other Filters is Ahmed's unforgettable debut novel. In it an Indian-American Muslim teen copes with Islamophobia, cultural divides among peers and parents, and a reality she can neither explain nor escape.