{"id":37438,"date":"2020-10-12T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=37438"},"modified":"2020-08-24T09:32:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:32:20","slug":"book-club-night-american-street-on-october-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/book-club-night-american-street-on-october-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Club @ Night &#8211; &#8216;American Street&#8217; on October 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;pos=1&amp;cn=1208644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-37443 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-street.jpg?resize=264%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s time for a new book club! On the second Wednesday of the month through December 2020, Book Club @ Night is meeting at 6:30pm to talk about young adult books!<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, October 14th, Book Club @ Night will be discussing <a href=\"https:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;pos=1&amp;cn=1208644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>American Street<\/strong><\/em><\/a><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>by Ibi Zoboi.\u00a0Information about how to join is below.<\/p>\n<p>Using GoTo Meeting, patrons will be able to meet to talk about a new book with one of our librarians. Book club books available at the Eastern Avenue Library.<\/p>\n<p>Curious what\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;pos=1&amp;cn=1208644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>American Street<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is about? Check out the following description provided by the publisher:<\/p>\n<p><em>On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie &#8212; a good life. But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola&#8217;s mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit&#8217;s west side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own. Just as she finds her footing in this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself, and Fabiola soon realizes that freedom comes at a cost. Trapped at the crossroads of an impossible choice, will she pay the price for the American dream?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This book is also available in the following format:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;pos=1&amp;cn=1269454\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Playaway Audiobook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The November meeting will not take place on November 11 as the library is closed on that day in observance of Veterans Day. The November program will meet instead on November 18.<\/p>\n<p>Book Club @ Night<br \/>\nWed, Oct 14, 2020 6:30 PM &#8211; 7:30 PM (CDT)<\/p>\n<p>Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/global.gotomeeting.com\/join\/664704165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/global.gotomeeting.com\/join\/664704165<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also dial in using your phone.<br \/>\nUnited States: +1 (872) 240-3212<\/p>\n<p>Access Code: 664-704-165<\/p>\n<p>New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/global.gotomeeting.com\/install\/664704165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/global.gotomeeting.com\/install\/664704165<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for a new book club! On the second Wednesday of the month through December 2020, Book Club @ Night is meeting at 6:30pm to talk about young adult books! On Wednesday, October 14th, Book Club @ Night will be discussing American Street\u00a0 by Ibi Zoboi.\u00a0Information about how to<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/book-club-night-american-street-on-october-14th\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[361,10,7,1,8],"tags":[977,5315,5371,155,402,1074,263,5112,191,5261,847],"class_list":["post-37438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-books","category-books","category-library-classes","category-reference","category-staff-picks","tag-book-club","tag-book-club-night","tag-cousin","tag-family","tag-fiction","tag-haiti","tag-immigrants","tag-michigan","tag-school","tag-virtual-book-club","tag-young-adult"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-9JQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37438"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37448,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37438\/revisions\/37448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}