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SUMMARY:Tales of Yesterday
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\nConnie Morella Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Historical Fiction Book Club! This month's boo
 k is The Murder of Mr. Ma by John Shen Yen Nee..\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Travel back in time with our historical fi
 ction book club! From political intrigue to daring romances\, every month 
 we visit a different period in time. Join us this June for The Murder of M
 r. Ma by John Shen Yen Nee.</p>\n<p>"Colorado\, 1864. Star\, a young survi
 vor of the Sand Creek Massacre\, is brought to the Fort Marion Prison Cast
 le\, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Rich
 ard Henry Pratt\, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the 
 Carlisle Indian Industrial School\, an institution dedicated to the eradic
 ation of Native history\, culture\, and identity. A generation later\, Sta
 r's son\, Charles\, is sent to the school\, where he is brutalized by the 
 man who was once his father's jailer. Under Pratt's harsh treatment\, Char
 les clings to moments he shares with a young fellow student\, Opal Viola\,
  as the two envision a future away from the institutional violence that fo
 llows their bloodlines. Oakland\, 2018. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield is
  barely holding her family together after the shooting that nearly took th
 e life of her nephew Orvil. From the moment he awakens in his hospital bed
 \, Orvil begins compulsively googling school shootings on YouTube. He also
  becomes emotionally reliant on the prescription medications meant to ease
  his physical trauma. His younger brother\, Lony\, suffering from PTSD\, i
 s struggling to make sense of the carnage he witnessed at the shooting by 
 secretly cutting himself and enacting blood rituals that he hopes will con
 nect him to his Cheyenne heritage. Opal is equally adrift\, experimenting 
 with Ceremony and peyote\, searching for a way to heal her wounded family.
 "--Publisher description.</p>\n<p>Copies of the book can be picked up at t
 he front desk at the Connie Morella Library\, or you can&nbsp\;<a href="ht
 tps://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/159f071b-b8a5-87f5-0179-97926ce5
 cfed-eng/Home?searchId=38710210&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;search
 Source=local&amp\;referred=resultIndex">borrow a&nbsp\;digital copy from o
 ur&nbsp\;online collection&nbsp\;here</a>.</p>\n<p>Questions about this pr
 ogram? Contact the branch&nbsp\;240-777-0970</p>\n<p>Don't have a card rig
 ht now?&nbsp\; No worries!&nbsp\; Find out how to&nbsp\;<a href="https://m
 ontgomerycountymd.gov/library/services/card.html">Get a Library Card</a>.<
 /p>\n<p>Accommodation Requests</p>\n<p>People who are Deaf or Hard of Hear
 ing should request&nbsp\;<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/a
 ccessibility/interpreter.html">English-language captioning or sign-languag
 e interpretation</a>&nbsp\;at least five days before the library-sponsored
  program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessi
 bility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation reques
 ts.</p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/17126529
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