Reach Literacy Book Club

01/12/2024

Best books we've read in 2023 from In the Moment on my SDPB app!

SDPB's Lori Walsh and book club leader Jacqueline Palfy share the best books they read in 2023. Plus, they discuss the new titles they're looking forward to in 2024.

12/19/2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/28/1152313326/hanna-pylvainen-on-her-new-novel-the-end-of-drum-time

NPR's Scott Simon interviews Hanna Pylvainen about her new novel, "The End of Drum-Time." It is set in northern Scandinavia in the 19th century.

08/01/2023

TEACHER GRANTS and Supplies https://mailchi.mp/reachliteracy/thankful-for-you-4934921

06/02/2023

We've chosen our July book. You can find it in our events. It's "The Rabbit Hutch" by Tess Gunty, which was a finalist for the National Book Award.

An online obituary writer. A young mother with a dark secret. A woman waging a solo campaign against rodents — neighbors, separated only by the thin walls of a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial center of V***a Vale, Indiana.

05/17/2023

Hello, readers!

Don't forget to join us at 6:30 on Thursday, May 17, at the Jones Building to discuss "Solito," by Javier Zamora!

04/24/2023

Our May book is Solito by Javier Zamora.

Javier Zamora’s adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a “coyote” hired to lead them to safety, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks.

At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents’ arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.

A memoir as gripping as it is moving, Solito provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story, but it’s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home.

See you Thursday, May 18th at the Jones Building.

04/18/2023

Today we will be on South Dakota Public Broadcasting at 12:30 to talk about our book club, what we're reading next and why reading becomes a richer experience when you can share it with others. Listen - and then join us on Thursday!

04/04/2023

We have one copy of the book Foster if you are interested. Just $5. Stop in and grab it before our meet up.