Book Club: Forever Young

Forever Young discusses a Young Adult book each month. Copies of the book are available at both libraries. Meetings are held virtually or in person at the Eastgate Branch Library on the 2nd Monday of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm. Please see our program schedule for more details on individual meeting locations.

Forever Young (05/11/2020): Dark Energy
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Forever Young (05/11/2020): Dark Energy

April 29, 2020

We are not alone. They are here. And there’s no going back. Perfect for fans of The Fifth Wave and the I Am Number Four series, Dark Energy is a thrilling stand-alone science fiction adventure from Robison Wells, critically acclaimed author of Variant and Blackout. Five days ago, a massive UFO crashed in the Midwest. Since then, nothing-or no one-has come out. If it were up to Alice, she’d be watching the fallout on the news. But her dad is director of special projects at NASA, so she’s been forced to enroll in a boarding school not far from the crash site. Alice is right in the middle of the action, but even she isn’t sure what to expect when the aliens finally emerge. Only one thing is clear: everything has changed. […]

Forever Young (07/08/2019): Burn Baby Burn
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Forever Young (07/08/2019): Burn Baby Burn

June 10, 2019

Nora Lopez is seventeen during the infamous New York summer of 1977, when the city is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam who shoots young women on the streets. Nora’s family life isn’t going so well either: her bullying brother, Hector, is growing more threatening by the day, her mother is helpless and falling behind on the rent, and her father calls only on holidays. All Nora wants is to turn eighteen and be on her own. And while there is a cute new guy who started working with her at the deli, is dating even worth the risk when the killer likes picking off couples who stay out too late? Award-winning author Meg Medina transports us to a time when New York seemed balanced on a knife-edge, with tempers and temperatures running high, to share the story of a young woman who discovers that the greatest dangers are often closer than we like to admit—and the hardest to accept. […]

Forever Young: Love, Hate & Other Filters
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Forever Young: Love, Hate & Other Filters

April 8, 2019

Love, Hate & Other Filters By: Samira Ahmed Date: Monday, May 13th, 2019 @Eastgate Time: 7:00pm Seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There’s the proper one her parents expect for their good Indian daughter: attending a college close to their suburban Chicago home and being paired off with an older Muslim boy her mom deems “suitable.” And then there […]

Forever Young: My Lady Jane
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Forever Young: My Lady Jane

March 27, 2019

My Lady Jane By: Cynthia Hand Date: Monday, April 8th, 2019 @Eastgate Time: 7:00pm AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE CHECKOUT IN AUDIO FORMAT ON HOOPLA! Edward (long live the king) is the King of England. He’s also dying, which is inconvenient, as he’s only sixteen and he’d much rather be planning for his first kiss than considering who will inherit his crown… […]

Forever Young: Black River Falls
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Forever Young: Black River Falls

March 1, 2019

Black River Falls By: Jeff Hirsch Date: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @Eastgate Time: 7:00pm AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE CHECKOUT IN EBOOK AND AUDIO FORMATS ON HOOPLA! Seventeen-year-old Cardinal has escaped the virus that ravaged his town, leaving its victims alive but without their memories. He chooses to remain in the quarantined zone, caring for a group of orphaned kids in a mountain camp with the help of […]