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Lo-Fi Book Club

Classics retold
2025-01-14 16:00:00 2025-01-14 17:00:00 America/New_York Lo-Fi Book Club Join us for a relaxed discussion about your favorite books and graphic novels! Each month, choose your own book to read and share with other teens based on a rotating theme. Online - Virtual Room - Youth Services 1

Tuesday, January 14
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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Join us for a relaxed discussion about your favorite books and graphic novels! Each month, choose your own book to read and share with other teens based on a rotating theme.

This months theme is classics retold! We will be discussing our favorite YA titles that are modern interpretations of familiar stories. Recommended for ages 13-18.

AGE GROUP: | Teens |

EVENT TYPE: | Authors - Books - Writing |

TAGS: | ysd | bb-teen |

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