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Banned Book Club: Looking for Alaska

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Name: Banned Book Club: Looking for Alaska
Date: February 13, 2025
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
Event Description:

Designed exclusively for the daring and curious, Banned Book Club is a safe and inclusive space for readers to explore literature that has challenged norms, defied censorship, and sparked important conversations throughout history. This book club is intergenerational; adults and high schoolers (Grade 9+) are invited to join. The goal of Banned Book Club is to encourage critical thinking, free expression, and a love for the written word.

This month we are reading Looking for Alaska by John Green. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.

 

Diseñado exclusivamente para l@s audaces y curios@s, el Club de Libros Prohibidos es un espacio seguro e incluyente para que l@s lector@s exploren literatura que ha desafiado las normas, provocado la censura, y dado luz a conversaciones importantes a lo largo de la historia. Este club de lectura es intergeneracional, y tanto adolescentes (9º grado en adelante) como adult@s están invitad@s a participar. El propósito del Club de Libros Prohibidos es fomentar el pensamiento crítico, la libertad de expresión y el amor por la palabra escrita. El programa será facilitado en inglés.

Este mes estaremos leyendo “Looking for Alaska” (Buscando a Alaska), novela escrita por John Green. Miles Halter tiene una fascinación por últimas palabras célebres, además de estar aburrido de la vida segura que lleva en su casa. Decide asistir a un internado para buscar aquello a lo que el poeta moribundo François Rabelais llamaba “El gran quizás”. Mucho le espera a Miles en Culver Creek, incluyendo a Alaska Young, quien atraerá a Miles hacia su laberinto y lo catapultará al interior de el gran quizás. 

Location:
Basalt Regional Library - Tree House Room
14 Midland Ave
Date/Time Information:
February 13, 2025, 4-5 p.m.
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Fees/Admission:
Free
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