Curl Up with the Classics

10 am Hybrid, Small Meeting Room AND Zoom
Tuesday, July 9– A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain 
Join us as we discuss Twain's comedic social satire about the adventure of nineteenth-century Hank Morgan “finding himself in Camelot, King Arthur’s England, facing a world whose idyllic surface masks fear, injustice, and ignorance.”
Registration is required. You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Ages 18+. *This program is sponsored in memory of Marie Schleicher.

 

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Fredricksen Reads: The All-American

7 pm, Small Meeting Room & Zoom Monday, July 22 – The All-American by Susan Finkbeiner 

Join us for this month's discussion of this historical fiction novel about chasing dreams and finding belonging as Bertha Harding longs to play baseball in the 1950s. Registration is required. Ages 18 +. You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Registration required.

 

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Book Keepers Teen Book Club

teen7pm - 8pm, Small Meeting Room
Check out our teen book club this summer! Copies of each book are supplied. REGISTER

July – A selection from the Percy Jackson Series

 

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Book Keepers Teen Book Club

teen7pm - 8pm, Kunkel Creation Station
Check out our teen book club this summer! Copies of each book are supplied. REGISTER

June – The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

 

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July Book Club

July Book Club - The Hate U Give- July 11 at 5:00-6:30 pmThere's no registration required to join our monthly book club! This month's book is "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas. You can request this item through our digital catalog, or by calling the library at 717-532-4508.

"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.

Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.

But what Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life." - Publisher

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June Book Club

June Book Discussion "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Come discuss "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, on June 13 at our monthly book club!

The book club will be held here at the Coy Public Library, Thursday, June 13th from 5:00pm-6:30pm.

This month's book is "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood. You can request this item through our digital catalog, or by calling the library at 717-532-4508.

 

"The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population.

The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment’s calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. The Handmaid’s Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best." - Publisher

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Silent Book Club - Canceled

book7 pm - 2nd Tuesdays - Miller Courtyard (weather permitting) or Small Meeting Room 
An in-person gathering inviting you to bring your own book (and summertime camp chair!) for shared reading time. Bring one or two of your favorite titles to share with fellow readers looking for that perfect vacation book. Age 18+ 

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May Book Club

May Book ClubCome discuss "Clap When You Land" by Elizabeth Acevedo, on May 9 at our monthly book club!

The book club will be held here at the Coy Public Library, Thursday, May 9th from 5:00pm-6:30pm.

You can request this item through our digital catalog, or by calling the library at 717-532-4508.

"Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people...

In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other." - Publisher

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Moving Forward Book Group: Our Beating Hearts

1 pm Hybrid, Small Meeting Room & Zoom
Join us for Moving Forward, a book discussion series geared towards those who have suffered a loss or tragedy and could use an infusion of hope. In cooperation with Hospice of Central PA, we will be reading books focusing on the redemptive power of the human spirit. Join us this month as we discuss Herd Alan Midkiff’s memoir "about remembering and accepting that often our lives are changed forever in ways we wish they weren’t. But as we put the broken pieces back together, healing does come, and we can begin to imagine a new journey that lies ahead.” Ages 18 +. You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Registration is required.

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Curl Up with the Classics

10 am Hybrid, Small Meeting Room AND Zoom
Join us as we discuss some great American short stories.
"The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry
“The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane
“To Build a Fire” by Jack London
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce
“A Village Singer” by Mary Wilkins Freeman
Registration is required. You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Ages 18+. *This program is sponsored in memory of Marie Schleicher.

 

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