Recommended Reading for Adults
In a twist on the traditional book club, Little Free Library’s Action Book Club™ invites participants to read books on timely topics and take part in meaningful—and fun—service projects to benefit their communities. This is reading and social engagement at its best.
During COVID-19, this book club allows Parkites to read together, with their household, or by themselves. The service projects can be done together or alone.
The Park City Library’s Action Book Club theme changes each season. Each theme celebrates the joy of reading and the power of literacy.
Participating in the Action Book Club is easy. Follow these easy steps to get started.
Fall Theme: Celebrating families of all kinds
Celebrate your family and the families in our community.
Step 1: Read a Book
Select a book to read from the recommended list or choose one of your own.
Step 2: Take Action
Pick up an action bag from the Library, participate in a library event, or choose your own action.
Take Action
Between September and November, the Park City Library offers these free action bags or library events to celebrate your family.
September 20th – Movie Night with Family and Friends Action Bag
October 18th – Remembering Family Ofrenda Action Bag
November 15th – Family Dinner Table Center Decoration Action Bag
Conversation Starters
As you read the recommended books, take a moment during dinner, in the car, at bedtime, etc. to have a conversation as a family.
• What does “family” mean to you?
• Discuss a family member that has had a significant impact on your life.
• In the book you read, how did family influence the main character?
• How can family shape who we are—for better or worse?
• What are some ways you can support the members of your family?
• Think about the families in your community. Are there populations that need additional care and support?
Peace Pole Library
September 22nd, Come anytime between 2pm-6pm.
Celebrate International Peace Day by making your own peace pole to place at home or in your yard. Come with a message of peace to write on our community peace tree.
Recommended Books for Adults
A letter from a son to a mother who cannot read reveals the impact of the Vietnam War on their family history and provides a view into parts of the son’s life that his mother has never known.
The four adult daughters of two Chicago parents who have been madly in love for decades recklessly ignite old rivalries, until a long-buried secret threatens to shatter the lives they built.
A talented baker running a business out of her nursing home reconnects with her master brewer sister at the same time her pregnant granddaughter launches an IPA brewpub.
Recommended Reading for Teens
An evocative novel in verse follows the experiences of two grieving sisters who navigate the loss of their father and the impact of his death on their relationship.
The best friend of a kid with superhuman qualities endeavors to have a life of his own that is both normal and extraordinary in the face of constant world-shaking challenges, threats against his school, and an elusive pretty girl.
Separated from her detained mother after moving from Haiti to America, Fabiola struggles to navigate the home of her loud cousins and a new school on Detroit’s gritty west side, where a surprising romance and a dangerous proposition challenge her ideas about freedom.
Recommended Reading for Youth
When twelve-year-old Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother’s adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family’s history and her own identity.
Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina.
Recommended Reading for Children
Whether you have two mums, two dads, one parent, or one of each, there’s one thing that makes a family a family… and that’s love.
Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with just one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special, no matter what.
Children in a classroom describe to their teacher what makes each of their families special.
This blog post was created by librarians from Park City Library with help of information found in NoveList – a database which is free with your library card. NoveList is a comprehensive reading recommendation resource.