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Cover of Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson: The cover looks like a painting. In the middle is a young Black boy wearing a white shirt. He is shoulders-deep in colorfully painted water of different shades of blue and green. Behind him is foliage: trees, vin

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AAR Tween Book Party!

Eat pizza, make friends, and talk about books!
2026-04-13 18:00:00 2026-04-13 19:00:00 America/New_York AAR Tween Book Party! Let's eat pizza, talk about "Freewater" by Amina Luqman-Dawson and share additional recommendations for Historical Fiction books set in the United States of America! Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Youth Services Area

Monday, April 13
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-04-13 18:00:00 2026-04-13 19:00:00 America/New_York AAR Tween Book Party! Let's eat pizza, talk about "Freewater" by Amina Luqman-Dawson and share additional recommendations for Historical Fiction books set in the United States of America! Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Youth Services Area

Let's eat pizza, talk about "Freewater" by Amina Luqman-Dawson and share additional recommendations for Historical Fiction books set in the United States of America!

Let's have a book party!

Tweens ages 8-12 are invited to eat pizza and talk about "Freewater" by Amina Luqman-Dawson and other Middle Grade Historical Fiction novels set in the United States of America!

Participants are encouraged to bring their favorite Historical Fiction novels! Additional Middle Grade Historical Fiction novels set in the United States of America will be available for checkout.

Place a hold on the tween AAR book "Freewater" by Amina Luqman-Dawson here.

Registration is required (so we know how much pizza to buy)!

Please reach out to Skie Thorp at kthorp@alexlibraryva.org with questions, concerns, suggestions, and pizza flavor requests!

AGE GROUP: | Children |

EVENT TYPE: | Children | Book Discussion Groups | All Alexandria Reads |

TAGS: | america250 | Alex250 | AAR | #AllAlexandriaReads |

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