As the holidays continue to draw closer, perhaps you’ve been looking for an idea of what to give the readers in your life. Well, here at Lake Effect we have our own annual books to gift conversation with Daniel Goldin of Boswell Book Company.
Jodie Picoult s Nineteen Minutes
Jodie Picoult s Nineteen Minutes
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Nineteen Minutes by Jodie Picoult is a riveting story about how an ordinary morning at Sterling High, in small-town New Hampshire, turns into the day that destroys friendships, families and lives. Nineteen Minutes is not only chilling and compelling, but it explores the controversial topic of bullying, and the consequences that can result.
Peter Houghton, the main character, is not your typical teenage boy. I believe that Picoult eloquently illustrated his character when saying, âPeter was, simply, what a person would look like if you boiled down the most raw emotions and filtered them of any social contractâ (Picoult, 186). Ever since his first day of kindergarten, Peter had been tormented physically and mentally by his classmates for twelve
Check out all of the upcoming programs at Bossier Parish Libraries
Annie Gilmer
This week in library news, I decided to feature some of our current programming, both virtual and in-person. I admit that I settled on this topic because we’ve been working on summer reading plans recently – yes, summer planning does start this early, in fact, it started way back in January (or earlier really) but we’ve recently dialed it up to 11, or gotten the ball rolling, whichever figure of speech you prefer and this all brought programming in general to the forefront of my mind.