If you are in grades 4\, 5 or 6 and love t o read and have fun talking about books and characters\, No Shelf Control is the place for you! Over the course of the school year\, we&rsquo\;ll re ad books with a wide range of characters\, themes and genres. In this mont h&rsquo\;s novel\, &ldquo\;Loterí\;a" by Karla Arenas Valenti\, the characters Life and Death discover 11-year-old Clara in a town in southern Mexico and decide to play a game with her fate without her knowledge\, ev en as she journeys into unfamiliar territory to search for her missing cou sin. What choices are available to Clara and what will she get to decide v ersus what is &ldquo\;in the cards&rdquo\; for her? If you liked the Pixar movie\, &ldquo\;Coco\,&rdquo\; you will love &ldquo\;Loterí\;a\,&rd quo\; by the author of &ldquo\;Maria Mariposa\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Esperanza Caramelo\,&rdquo\; and children&rsquo\;s \;biographies of Selena Gome z and historical figures such as Marie Curie and Alan Turing.
\nYou can borrow a copy (with a specially prepared reading guide just for our gr oup) from the Connie Morella Library\; just ask at the Check Out or Inform ation Desks for the September book for No Shelf Control. You can also acce ss the book as an aud iobook \;on the free library app\, Libby. Unfortunately\, the book is not available at this time as an e-book or through the Hoopla. If you get an e-version\, please contact Mr. Jeff for the reading guide (jeffrey. coster@montgomerycountymd.gov). Even if you are not able to finish the rea ding\, please come anyway and see if No Shelf Control might just be the pl ace for you! The book for the February 19 meeting will be handed out at th is meeting\, and then available to pick up from the Connie Morella Library by anyone who missed it.
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