Brown Bag Book Club
June 25 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Brown Bag Book Club is back – FOR TEENS! Each month, teens in grades 7-12 will read a book and enjoy fun activities along with a sweet treat. Participants may bring a “brown bag” lunch if they choose; beverages will be provided. For June, we will be reading I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys. Participants can pick up their book from the 2nd floor Ask Here desk at any time!
(Teens Grades 7–12; Sage Room)
Book Description:
Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. He’s left with only two choices: betray everyone and everything he loves—or use his position to creatively undermine the most notoriously evil dictator in Eastern Europe. Cristian risks everything to unmask the truth behind the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. He eagerly joins the revolution to fight for change when the time arrives. But what is the cost of freedom?
