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CCR sponsoring "Breakfast Serial"

Each year, Centre County Reads sponsors a "Breakfast Serial", a serialized short novel that runs in the Centre Daily Times each week. This year's serial,  Reading the Sky by Avi, started Sunday, June 14.

  The author said that, "I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of a perfect crime.Reading the Sky is loosely based on Dan “D. B.” Cooper’s successful heist and disappearance on November 24, 1971."T

The main character is Jamie. He's a dyslexic, and though he may not be able to read words on a page, he can read clouds and what he sees is as wondrous as it is unbelievable—to others. One summer day he sees a man in a business suit parachute from an airplane. When he tells his family and friend Gillian, no one believes him. But, not only are Jamie’s perceptions accurate, the man is a thief who has stolen a million dollars and kidnaps Gillian. When she leaves a written note as to where she's being taken, Jamie is in a double bind: no one thinks he's seen anything real and he can't read the message.Reading the Sky brings high adventure from the sky and on and off the page.

Join us for the reading.

The book for 2009 was

Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis coverAbout the book

This award-winning graphic novel is Satrapi's touching (and funny) memior about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. More.

About the author

More about Marjane Satrapi.

Events

We had many activities for adults and kids, including discussion groups at local libraries, and movies. More.

Reviews

Centre County resident Rick Bryant reviewed Persepolis in the Centre Daily Times and on Bookmark, WPSU's radio book review program. Read the review or download the MP3.

News

The Daily Collegian, Penn State's student newspaper, ran this article with interviews of those who've read the book.

Persepolis Movie Poster

Persepolis: The Movie

Sunday, February 22, 1 p.m. 
The State Theatre

A crowd turned out to see the Academy Award nominated animated film based on Persepolis and its sequel Persepolis 2. 

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A group of Iranian students will introduce the film and will follow with a Q&A session about Iran today at Schlow Library.

Sponsored by the American Association of University Women, State College (PA) Branch

View the trailer:

Get The Book

Copies of Persepolis are available for check out from your local library or for purchase at Barnes & Noble, Webster’s, the Student Bookstore or other local bookstores.

Barnes & Noble of State College will match the first 50 copies of Persepolis purchased at their store with donations to local libraries.

Found a CCR Book?

Centre County Reads is distributing free books around the county -- just look for the CCR bookplate inside the cover. If you find a book, feel free to read it and pass it along.

Then, if you've got time, tell your fellow readers where you found it and what you thought about it. 

We're using the BookCrossing.com site to help us chart the travels of the books. Just enter the "BCID" number in the box at right.

Talk with us on the CCR blog

Dotty Delafield and Pat Griffith—both librarians and Centre County Reads officers—are blogging about the CCR activities at the Centre Daily Times website.  Pat and Dottie are making book suggestions for summer reading and would like hear what you're reading too. Join the discussion at community.centredaily.com/?q=blog/1289

 



What is Centre County Reads?

We're an organization that encourages county residents of all ages to explore the human condition and the issues of community by reading the same book and discussing it together. Learn more about Centre County Reads.

 

Found a CCR Book?

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