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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/13468319
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&nbsp\;<b><i>The Eyes and the Impossible&nbsp\;</i></b>by Da
 ve Eggers. <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 no
 n-family member adults.</p>\n<p><b><i>The Eyes and the Impossible</i></b>\
 , winner of the 2024 Newbery Award\, is the story of a dog named Johannes.
  He lives in an urban park by the sea\, seeing all\, missing nothing\, and
  reporting what he sees to the park&rsquo\;s three ancient Bison\, the Kee
 pers of the Equilibrium. But the Equilibrium has been disrupted..&nbsp\;</
 p>\n<p>Copies of the <a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/48682
 7">book </a>can be obtained at any MCPL branch. An E-book version is avail
 able through<a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/OverDrive/b02b229b-0a
 16-4e01-80fd-96395113e0c7/Home">&nbsp\;Libby</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>R
 egistration 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 Shawna at Little Falls Library at 
 240-773-9520.</p>\n<p>Don't have a library card right now?&nbsp\; No worri
 es!&nbsp\; Find out how to&nbsp\;<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/l
 ibrary/services/card.html">Get a Library Card</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>Accommo
 dation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing sh
 ould request&nbsp\;<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessi
 bility/interpreter.html">English-language captioning or sign-language inte
 rpretation</a>&nbsp\;at least five days before the library-sponsored progr
 am they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility
  Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.</p
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