Age Group:
Middle School Age
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Allowed Grades: 6th Grade to 8th Grade
Program Description
Event Details
Middle school readers (Grades 6th-8th) are invited to participate in a book club where we read a book, reflect & discuss and c r e a t e ART.
This month we will be reading The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelly Pearsall.
Ask staff if you need a copy of the book.
One kid. One crime. One chance to make things right.
The story of how a random act of violence brings together an angry, thirteen year old boy and a reclusive “Junk Man” in his neighborhood. When the teenager is sentenced to work for the man he injured, he begins to unravel the Junk Man’s surprising secrets. Readers will be uplifted by this powerful tale of friendship, loss, art, and redemption. Can art transform lives? Find out.