ROYAL Book Club Meeting: Return to Sender
Posted: under General News, Special Events, Teen/Young Adult (YA).
| May 2, 2010 | ||
| 4:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
At the May meeting of the ROYAL Book Club (Readers of Young Adult 
Literature), we’ll be discussing Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez. Book club selections are 20% off at Spellbound through the date of the meeting. Anyone 18 and over is welcome to attend; no RSVP necessary. Come alone or bring a friend!
After Tyler’s father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?
In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.
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Apr 17 2010
The Curtain Call Collective, a fantastic troupe of talented kids, will perform poems and skits based on the works of Shel Silverstein, including The Giving Tree. All kids are invited to join in! E-mail the director, 
Opening for the Collective will be Vixi Jil Glenn, a storyteller and poet from Asheville, North Carolina. Her stories draw on ancient legends, Jack Tales and create a delightful mix of Appalachian, Celtic and Scandinavian folklore. She has performed for the YMCA, Riverlink and other organizations. A student of renowned Folkteller Connie Regan Blake, VixiJil reaches into the realms of faeryland and memory as well as her family’s rich history of storytelling for her material. Musical, lively and engaging, VixiJil brings the mountains to life with her rhymes and tales.
