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
 About
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: 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.
 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
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
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