November Book Club - Wednesday, November 1st

Our next Book Club meeting is on Wednesday, November 1st, at 7:00 p.m. (The Book Club regularly meets on the first Wednesday of the month.) You may attend in person at the library, or via Zoom; e-mail Clara at clantz@midyork.org to request the Zoom link.

For November, the book we will be discussing is We Still Belong by Christine Day, a junior-level novel.

Today is a big day for Wesley Wilder. Her poem about Indigenous Peoples’ Day will be printed in the school newspaper–and she also has a plan to ask her crush, fellow gamer Ryan, to go with her to the school dance. But from the moment she boards the morning bus, Wesley’s day starts to unravel…

Author Day assures readers that even with all the very real problems they face, they are worthy, their voices matter – and they belong.

We Still Belong is an accessible, enjoyable, and important novel from an author who always delivers.

Christine Day (Upper Skagit) grew up in Seattle, nestled between the sea, the mountains, and the pages of her favorite books. Her debut novel, I Can Make This Promise, was an American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor Book, named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus, School Library Journal, the Chicago Public Library, and NPR, and was also picked as a Charlotte Huck Honor Book.

She also wrote the forthcoming She persisted: Maria Tallchief, an early reader biography in a new series inspired by Chelsea Clinton’s bestselling picture book.

Christine lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband.