Intermediate ESL Book Club - Remarkably Bright Creatures
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Rianne Hastie Adams will lead an intermediate ESL Book Club for Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. This book club is best for intermediate English learners. Students will read at home each week. Then we will meet as a group once a week to talk about the story, learn new vocabulary, and practice conversation. Meeting dates: July 24, 31; August 14, 21, 28; September 4, 11, 18 (No class August 7.) Meeting time: Fridays 11:30am - 12:30pm Where: Literacy Table Registration is open now! Book club is limited to 10 participants. Books will be provided for registered participants to keep. Please consider your schedule and do not register if you will miss more than one meeting. Remarkably Bright Creatures description: After losing her husband, Tova Sullivan works nights at the Sowell Bay Aquarium to cope with the lingering grief of her son Erik’s mysterious disappearance more than thirty years earlier. There, she forms an unlikely bond with Marcellus, a perceptive giant Pacific octopus who uncovers clues about what happened to Erik and becomes determined to reveal the truth. In this warm and uplifting debut novel, Shelby Van Pelt explores friendship, loss, and second chances, showing how confronting the past can open the door to an unexpected future.
