Teen Book Club: Shards of Silence
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About this event
Meet on Tuesday, November 10, 6:30pm at Colts Neck to discuss Shards of Silence by Brian Lee Young
Even if it hurts to leave behind his friends and family in Navajo, New Mexico—especially his great-grandmother, Mildred—Derrick knows his scholarship to an elite East Coast boarding school is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Sagefield Academy is totally different from life on the rez: His new classmates vacation in Europe and take study drugs. Derrick wants to stick to caffeine, but handling sports, school, and a twenty-page term paper, all while dodging comments about his hair and heritage, feels straight-up impossible. Back home, Másání Mildred’s health is fading quickly. On the phone, she begs Derrick to leave Sagefield. When he realizes her fear comes from her time in federal Native boarding schools, he knows he’s finally found the term paper theme he believes carrying her voice into the future. Derrick will need to shatter a steadfast generational silence to untangle his great-grandmother’s memories—though her story might change him, and his family, forever.
Grades 9-12 only. Moderated by Sabrina Pisciotta
Pick up a copy at the circulation desk.
Location
Colts Neck Branch, Colts Neck, NJ
Listed by Monmouth County Library. Details can change — check the official page before you go.