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Teen Book Club

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham

The Books Around the Corner Teen Book Club is ran by the teens who attend. No adults allowed. The teens have chosen Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus for the month of July. If you’re a teen interested in choosing the next book you are still more than welcome to attend! Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery’s never been there, but she’s heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows. The town is picture-perfect, but it’s hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery, someone has…

Free

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham

The Books Around the Corner Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club meets monthly on the second Tuesday of every month at 6PM. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our science fiction and fantasy loving customers (RSVP is not required). It will alternate monthly between Science Fiction and Fantasy. Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Join us on July 9th for our FIRST Books Around the Corner Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club. We will discuss Semiosis by Sue Burke. About the book: Colonists from Earth wanted the perfect home, but…

Free

You + Me Book Club: Phantom Tollbooth

Maggie Mae's Kids Bookshop 43 NW 3rd St, Gresham

You + Me Book Club is a book club for kids and grown ups to read a book and discuss it together. After we discuss the book we participate in an activity that relates to the book. This month we will be reading and discussing the delightful classic, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Purchase the book at Maggie Mae's and get 10% off! About The Phantom Tollbooth: For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a…

Free

Science Fiction Book Group

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton

This month our group meets to discuss Saturn Run by John Sandford and Ctein. Join us!

Free