Windows & Mirror Book Club

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.  

February Book: Black Enough edited by Ibi Zoboi 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: Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and Black in America... Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson. Black is…three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is…Nic Stone’s high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is…two girls kissing in Justina Ireland’s story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more-- because there are countless ways to be Black enough.

Read more about the book here. 

See other Windows & Mirrors Book Club events here.