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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/12754612
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 <b><i>The Labors of Hercules Beal </i></b>by Gary Schmidt. 
 <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 me
 mber adults.</p>\n<p><strong><em>The Labors of Hercules Beal</em></strong>
 &nbsp\;by Gary Schmidt is a&nbsp\;warm and funny story of family\, communi
 ty and self-discovery.&nbsp\;Herc Beal may be named for a mythical hero bu
 t he is anything but one. Then he gets set the challenge by a teacher to r
 ecreate each of the original Hercules' 12 tasks.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Copies of 
 the <a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/524819">book </a>can b
 e obtained at any MCPL branch. An E-book version is available through&nbsp
 \;<a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Hoopla/15326016">Hoopla</a>.&nb
 sp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Registration is required and is limited to 16 partici
 pants\, who must meet grade level requirements.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>Qu
 estions? Contact Judy at White Oak Library at 240-773-9555 or Shawna at Li
 ttle Falls Library at 240-773-9520.</p>\n<p>Don't have a library card righ
 t now?&nbsp\; No worries!&nbsp\; Find out how to&nbsp\;<a href="https://mo
 ntgomerycountymd.gov/library/services/card.html">Get a Library Card</a>.</
 p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>People who are Deaf
  or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<a href="https://montgomerycounty
 md.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html">English-language captioning
  or sign-language interpretation</a>&nbsp\;at least five days before the l
 ibrary-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facili
 ties and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other acco
 mmodation requests.</p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/12754612
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