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Date:
March 18
Time:
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Location:
Children's Program Room (1st Floor)
Address:
360 West 11th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
Contact:
(563) 589-4225, ext. 2228
Cost:
Free
ADA:
Yes

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Teens “R” Reading Book Club Ages 12 – High School

Monday, March 18

Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien Register and pick up a copy of the book at the Children's Help Desk.
Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien
It’s been 300 years since Lake Michigan became Unlake Michigan; the “cool age” is only hazily known to residents of Wharfton, a small village that sits alongside the walled city of the Enclave. Gaia is 16 and works in Western Sector Three with her mother delivering babies, “advancing” the first three per month to live a better life inside the city. It’s a wrenching routine Gaia doesn’t question until her parents are mysteriously arrested by Enclave authorities. Gaia’s rescue attempt is fraught with peril—the burn scar on her face marks her as a “freak” who would never be allowed into the Enclave’s exclusive gene pool—and soon she herself is tossed into a cell with other female physicians. Although the setup suggests speculative fiction, O’Brien’s concerns are corporeal; her impulsive and spirited heroine (who even resists, yes, romance) is the kind readers adore. The facts behind inbreeding and the numerous birthing scenes will give this an added appeal to science-minded teens. Continual revelations push this toward an ending that hints at more to come. Grades 9-12.

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