The Benning Teen Book Club is scheduled to meet on April 6, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. in the teen space at the brand new Benning Library. We will be discussing the book The Complete Horowitz Horror by Anthony Horowitz.

Come by the Benning Interim Library on or before March 13 to grab a copy before we close. After our branch is closed, additional copies of this book are available at other DC Public Library locations.

Questions?
Please contact: Elsbeth Purdy
or
Tavon Hargett.

• The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
• They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys by Benjamin Ajak, Benson Deng, Alephonsian Deng and Judy Bernstein
• What Is the What by Dave Eggers with Valentino Achak Deng
• The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays by Chinua Achebe

Looking for a great read? Try some of these African-American authors:

• River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarkson
• Push by Sapphire
• What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
• Red River by Lalita Tademy
• Be Careful What You Pray For by Kimberla Lawson Roby
• Up to No Good by Carl Webber
• Sugar: a novel by Bernice McFadden

In 1926 Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded Negro History Week. Woodson believed that national attention needed to be brought to the contribution of black people throughout American history.

The month of February was chosen because it included the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. In 1976 the weeklong holiday was extended to the month of February and renamed Black History Month. The 2010 theme for Black History Month is "The History of Black Economic Empowerment."