Windows & Mirror Book Club

Program Type:

Book Clubs, Race, Equity & Inclusion

Age Group:

Teens
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Allowed Ages: 14 to 17

Event Details

Ages 14-17. Read and discuss books with diverse viewpoints that tackle tough issues, such as finding and establishing identity. Reading the book is encouraged, but not required.

Food provided.

Registration preferred.

Windows allow us to experience other cultures, and mirrors reflect parts of our own. Read and discuss books from diverse viewpoints over snacks, in HCLS' Windows & Mirrors Book Club for Teens.  

December Book: I am not your perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez. Prefer to listen? Try an audio book for free with Libby.

*Books for this book club have been set aside for students who would like to attend the book club. Ask for one at Savage's customer service desk.

Book Description: Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents' house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga's role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.

Read more about the book here. 

See other Windows & Mirrors Book Club events here.