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One Book: One Community:
Duluth's Area-Wide Reading Projects

2013 - CLARA AND MR. TIFFANY by Susan Vreeland   and   CHASING VERMEER by Blue Balliett        Previous One Book, One Community Selections Click on the titles for information from the resource guides produced each year.  2012 - THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot   and   THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE by Jacqueline Kelly 2011 - HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford   and   WEEDFLOWER by Cynthia Kadohata 2010 - ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE by Barbara Kingsolver   and   SEEDFOLKS by Paul Fleischman 2009 - POPULATION: 485 by Michael Perry  2008 - THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin 2007 - THE JOY LUCK CLUB by Amy Tan 2006 - THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald 2005 - FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 2004 - THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain 2003 - TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom 2002 - TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee      Book Selection Process Among the criteria that the committee uses in making the annual book selection are: Availability of the book in multiple formats Availability of film versions of the book A provocative read at a reading level appropriate for high school Part of the high school curriculum Will it appeal to both men and women Suggestions from previous program evaluation forms

How can you participate? Get the books. Look for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and/or The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate at the library or buy a copy at your local bookstore. Read. Between now the end of April, join your family and friends in reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and/or The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Get a Reader's Guide. A free resource guide is being developed for participants to use when organizing their discussion groups. Discussion guides will be available at the Duluth Public Library and your local bookstore in March, or find the same information here on this website. Discuss. Organize a book club at your home, community center, senior center, coffee house or place of worship, and discuss the fascinating characters and themes as well as the historical and cultural significance

Background of Duluth's One Book, One Community project

11/29/12
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