Chippewa Valley Reads
The Chippewa Valley Reads . . .
Gary D. Schmidt!
Author Presentation and Book Signing:
Saturday, October 23, 2010
10:00 a.m. “Trouble: It’s Hard to Escape” with Gary Schmidt, Greenbrier Room, Ramada Inn
Chippewa Valley Reads Flyer
Everyone in the Chippewa Valley is invited to participate in an exciting new community-wide reading program, The Chippewa Valley Reads …!
This event is designed to bring all ages of our community together through the joy of reading and discussing books by a renowned author: Gary D. Schmidt.
We are thrilled to announce the author for the first Chippewa Valley Reads program: Newbery and Printz honor award author Gary D. Schmidt, whose novels include Trouble, The Wednesday Wars, and Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.
In preparation for author Gary Schmidt’s visit to the Chippewa Valley on October 23, the Youth Services staff at LEPMPL are conducting the following discussions of Mr. Schmidt’s books. All discussions will be held in the Program Room at LEPMPL.
- October 2 – 1:30 p.m. Trouble (suggested for grades 6 and up)
- October 4 – 6:30 p.m. The Wednesday Wars (suggested for grades 4 and up)
- October 12 – 4:15 p.m. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (suggested for grades 5 and up)
Registration is required. Call Youth Services at 715–839-5007 or e-mail ysstaff@eauclaire.lib.wi.us
Trouble
Tragedy and trouble disrupt Henry’s traditional New England family when Henry’s older brother is killed in an auto accident that also involves Chay, a fellow student and Cambodian refugee.
Henry wrestles with grief, racial tensions, and family secrets in the aftermath of the accident.
The Wednesday Wars
During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker’s classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin. Lizzie is from a poor island community founded by slaves, and now the town fathers want to turn it into a tourist spot.
Sponsored by:
Chippewa Valley Book Festival
LE Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire Area School District
All events are free and open to the public.
