Announcing our new selection!

I am happy to announce this year's Book Club theme: Books set outside the United States. I am very excited about the opportunities for a greater understanding of other cultures that awaits us in this year's selections.

In keeping with the theme, the second selection of the year is The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. Set in Afghanistan, this is the story of two boys whose fates are wrapped up in one another. One boy is the son a wealthy man, and the other is the son of their servant. Amir, the story's narrator, struggles to deal with the dislocation of his family and with his own betrayal of his childhood friend, Hassan. The novel explores the human failings that to which we all have succumbed at one time or another--jealousy, disloyalty. Eventually, the story becomes one of redemption.

Join us for the discussion of The Kite Runner on Wednesday, October 10, in the library after school.