Palisades
Neighborhood Library

Please join us Thursday, October 13, at 4:15 p.m. to view the movie The Pact.

The Pact is a true-life story about three friends from the “hood” who make a pact in high school to do whatever it takes to help each other to make it through college and then medical school. The three doctors not only accomplished their goals, they begin to reach back to spread the word to inspire other inner-city kids to get an education for a better life.

Beginning in November, experience American history through the eyes of a child living life at that time and discovering his/her place in it. 

Imagine living through the bombing of Pearl Harbor, fighting against the British during the Revolutionary War, experiencing the Spanish Influenza tear through the country or discovering the imaginable as a slave girl learn to read.  Follow these stories and many more through diaries of those who experienced the events.  Pursue connections across time periods and settings, characters and themes as well as learning how to access primary and secondary resources to further enhance the experience. 

This book club will replace the American Girls Book Club.  Books will be available for pick up at the Reference Desk in the Children’s Room. 

Join the Palisades community in commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War. Local and award-winning author Carolyn Reeder provides social and historical context for the descriptive letters written by her husband's ancestor.

Her presentation will provide in-depth insights into the daily struggles of a soldier. Copies of the book are available for reading prior to the program.

The program will be on Saturday, October 1, at 11 a.m. Refreshments will be served.

Don't have time to attend a book club every month?

No worries! Join us on Facebook Thursday, October 13, from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. to discuss The Other Wes Moore. 

Never chatted on Facebook? No worries! 

From your Facebook page, search for and “like” DClibrary.  Then on October 13th at 7:30 p.m., log in and join the conversation. 

Oh, don’t forget to read the book!