Never Too Old:
a Young Adult Book Club for Adults
Wednesday, December 7th, 5pm
 
Never Too Old meets the 1st WEDNESDAY of the month to share the diversity, depth, and relevance of Young Adult & Juvenile books. All ages are welcome. For more information, contact Beth@LopezLibrary.org
 

December 7th - ANY JUVENILE OR YA BOOK
Share Any Juvenile or Young Adult Book
 
Picture Book or Juvenile or Young Adult Fiction, Nonfiction or Biography

A childhood favorite - A recent read - A book you read in high school or college - A GOOD BOOK!
 
Prepare to share: WHY you recommend it, HOW you relate personally to character(s), setting, themes, incidents; what you LEARNED from the book
 
January 4th - Winter
"In the dead of winter..."

 Choose a Juvenile or YA book set in winter or winter-themed. Here is just one Juvenile recommendation. See our Winter YA & Juvenile booklist for more suggestions.
 
 
 

November Meeting Summary
Four readers discussed the many themes and story lines of A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger, a Lipan Apache storyteller. Some readers listened to the audiobook and enjoyed the two narrators, who did a great job giving different voices to each of the characters. We enjoyed the author's indigenous viewpoint and her delicate touch, especially with indigenous/European history. Cottonmouth/Oli gave a positive emphasis on oft-misaligned snakes. The Reflecting World and the animal people inhabitants often seemed more human than our world. Beth read aloud the Lipan Apache Creation Story "Emergence" as told by Lipan Storyteller Hermelinda Ryan Walking Woman (Darcie's mother), daughter of Anita Elatsoe Soto, posted on the Official Website of the Lipan Apache Tribe. We discovered many parallels to "Snake" such as the tunnel that the Wind used in the creation myth being similar to the tunnel Oli and friends fell through from the Reflecting world to Earth.A favorite quote:
"The homeland," Nina agreed. "It makes sense. Compasses don't work here. Here, where the story begins..."
    Here, where the two worlds embraced, and magic rose to the EArth like the enduring water in Rosita's well."
 
A snake falls to Earth
by Darcie Little Badger

Fifteen-year-olds Nina and Oli come from different words--she is a Lipan Apache living in Texas and he is a cottonmouth from the Reflecting World--but their lives intersect when Oli journeys to Earth to find a cure for his ailing friend and they end up helping each other save their families.

REMINDER: We are having another meeting on this book for the Big Library Read, a global book club, on November 10th at 5pm at the library. Come and learn what readers around the nation and world are saying about the book.
Try Darcie Little Badger's First Book
Elatsoe
by Darcie Little Badger

When Apache teen Ellie's cousin dies, her ghost dog Kirby tells her he was murdered, so with the help of her family, her best friend Jay, and the memory of her great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother, Elatsoe, she must track down the killer and unravel the mystery.

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