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Check Out Your Local Library
Libraries throughout our viewing area will be hosting events to connect you to The Great American Read. Find your nearest library location on the Google map below, and click on your library system’s logo to connect to their events calendar to explore all they have to offer!

What book is this? Click on a name below to hear and read an excerpt from a book that made a difference in that reader’s life.

• Ruth Erb: “Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters...”
• Jim Carragher: "We just stood there until the sun was down and the moon was up...”
• Kathryn DiPasqua: “When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly, leaving greasy sweat streaks on the wall...”
• Cristina Dominguez: "Freedom, Sancho, is one of the most precious gifts that heaven has bestowed upon men...”
• Wayne Farrar: “There was only one catch...that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real...”
• Meg King-Sloan: “Tents, lunch, and croquet utensils having been sent on beforehand, the party was soon embarked...”
• Spencer Law: “Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now...”
• Brett Leake: “His face was drawn but the curtains were real...”
• Angel Limb: “To the embarrassment of everyone, Sean O'Brien began to cry...”
• Patty Parks: “From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again...”
• Steven K. Smith: “I suppose there's a time in practically every young boy's life when he's affected by that wonderful disease...”
• Ian Stewart: “Your memory is a monster; you forget-it doesn't...”
• Piper Stewart: “A few steps into the woods grows a bank of wildflowers...”
• Alex Wiles: “Why did you do this for me?" he asked. " ... I've never done anything for you...”