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Stories for Telling Book Club
2020-03-04 15:45:00 2020-03-04 16:45:00 America/New_York Stories for Telling Book Club Join us at the library for an in depth book club discussion. For tweens and teens. James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Teen Area

Wednesday, March 04
3:45pm - 4:45pm

Add to Calendar 2020-03-04 15:45:00 2020-03-04 16:45:00 America/New_York Stories for Telling Book Club Join us at the library for an in depth book club discussion. For tweens and teens. James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Teen Area

Join us at the library for an in depth book club discussion. For tweens and teens.

We are spending three weeks on the The Apothecary by Maile Meloy.

March 25th we will begin our All Alexandria Reads title Ban this Book by Alan Gratz.

Recommended for middle grade and teens. 

AGE GROUP: | Teens |

EVENT TYPE: | Teens | Book Discussion Groups |

TAGS: | tweens | teens | book discussion |

James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library
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Phone: 703.746.1705
Fax: 703.746.1785
Branch manager
Kayla Selsky
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Tue, May 26 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, May 27 10:00AM to 8:00PM
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  • Metrorail: Yellow and Blue lines at Braddock Road (1.3 miles) and King Street Stations (1.5 miles)
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