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SUMMARY:Intergenerational Book Club for 6th-8th Grades--Virtual
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DESCRIPTION:Students in grades 6-8 are invited to a 4 week virtual interge
 nerational book group held in association with the JCA Heyman Interages Ce
 nter. SSL hours will be earned if requirements are met..\nhttps://mcpl.lib
 net.info/event/11684584
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Create connections with older adults from 
 the Jewish Council for Aging's Heyman Interages Center through a multiweek
  discussion of <em><strong>The Lost Year</strong></em> by Katherine Marsh.
  <strong>Participants can earn 8 SSL hours if they attend all 4 sessions\,
  participate in the discussion\, and present and submit a short Reflection
  piece.&nbsp\;</strong>Participants will use the book to foster discussion
 \, develop book evaluation skills\, and comfort speaking with non-family m
 ember adults.</p>\n<p><strong><em>The Lost Year</em></strong> by Katherine
  Marsh is a&nbsp\;timely\, page-turning story of family\, survival\, and s
 acrifice set in alternating timelines\, moving between the US during the e
 arly days of the Covid pandemic\, to the 1930s in Ukraine and the US.</p>\
 n<p>Copies of the <a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/457876">
 book</a> can be obtained at any MCPL branch. E-book versions are available
  through <a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/OverDrive/c9ec37cf-fc33-
 47d3-8d47-bbe82668a42a/Home">Libby</a>. E-audiobook versions are also avai
 lable through&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Hoopla/150158
 47">Hoopla</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>Registration is required and is limited to
  16 participants\, who must meet grade level requirements.&nbsp\;</strong>
 </p>\n<p>Questions? Contact Judy at White Oak Library at 240-773-9555 or S
 hawna at Little Falls Library at 240-773-9520.</p>\n<p>Don't have a librar
 y card right now?&nbsp\; No worries!&nbsp\; Find out how to&nbsp\;<a href=
 "https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/services/card.html">Get a Library 
 Card</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>People w
 ho are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<a href="https://montg
 omerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html">English-language
  captioning or sign-language interpretation</a>&nbsp\;at least five days b
 efore the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assis
 tant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all
  other accommodation requests.</p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/1168458
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