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- High interest books at adult, teen and children's reading levels
- Large collections of fiction, nonfiction and reference materials
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Languages spoken by staff (based on staff availability): English | Chinese - Cantonese
SFPL Explorer Guide West Portal Branch Library

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West PortalGucciardi, Benjamin
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San Francisco's West Portal NeighborhoodsBrandi, Richard
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The Tarot Card MurdersBurns, Mary F.
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San Francisco's St. Francis WoodBrandi, Richard
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San Francisco's Twin PeaksOakley, Lynn
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God's HotelSweet, Victoria
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Bay Area Ridge TrailByers, Elizabeth
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Celebrate A San Francisco Sunday at Stern Grove
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Not For Tourists Guide to San Francisco 2017Tourists, Not For
Book Club: Mother-Daughter

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A Place to Hang the MoonAlbus, Kate
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Tiger DaughterLim, Rebecca
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Leeva at LastPennypacker, Sara
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Nothing Else but MiraclesAlbus, Kate
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The Eyes & the ImpossibleEggers, Dave
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The Fabulous Fannie FarmerSmith, Emma Bland
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Calvin and the Sugar ApplesOliveira, Ines F
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Learning to FallEngelfried, Sally
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A League of Their Own
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Golden TicketSmith, Irena
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The Apartment House on Poppy HillLaCour, Nina
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Out of Left FieldKlages, Ellen
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Looking for TrueSpringstubb, Tricia
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The TakeoutBadua, Tracy
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My Nest of SilenceFaulkner, Matt
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American as Paneer PieKelkar, Supriya
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The Most Perfect Thing in the UniverseSpringstubb, Tricia
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All ThirteenSoontornvat, Christina
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Morning Sun in WuhanCompestine, Ying Chang
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Violet and Jobie in the WildPerkins, Lynne Rae
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SaucyKadohata, Cynthia
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Farah Rocks Fifth GradeDarraj, Susan Muaddi
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In the Beautiful CountryKuo, Jane
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Almost There and Almost NotUrban, Linda
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Too Bright to SeeLukoff, Kyle
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Red, White, and WholeLaRocca, Rajani
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Amina's VoiceKhan, Hena
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Raymie NightingaleDiCamillo, Kate
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CrenshawApplegate, Katherine
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When You Reach MeStead, Rebecca
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The Meaning of MaggieSovern, Megan Jean
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The Hundred DressesEstes, Eleanor
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The War That Saved My LifeBradley, Kimberly Brubaker
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JosephinePowell, Patricia Hruby
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The Ghosts of Tupelo LandingTurnage, Sheila
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Tuck EverlastingBabbitt, Natalie
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The Year of the Three SistersCheng, Andrea
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May BRose, Caroline Starr
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The Gutsy GirlPaul, Caroline
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One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange StreetRocklin, Joanne
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Roller GirlJamieson, Victoria
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Love, Ruby LavenderWiles, Deborah
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The Witch of Blackbird PondSpeare, Elizabeth George
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One Good Thing About AmericaFreeman, Ruth
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Bridge to TerabithiaPaterson, Katherine
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Tenggren's Golden Tales From the Arabian NightsTenggren, Gustaf
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El DeafoBell, Cece
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A Wrinkle in TimeL'Engle, Madeleine
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The Trouble With May AmeliaHolm, Jennifer L.
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The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeLewis, C. S.
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When Mischief Came to TownNannestad, Katrina
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Out of My MindDraper, Sharon M.
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Half MagicEager, Edward
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Island of the Blue DolphinsO'Dell, Scott
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The Fourteenth GoldfishHolm, Jennifer L.
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The Year of the DogLin, Grace
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Because of Winn-DixieDiCamillo, Kate
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A Crooked Kind of PerfectUrban, Linda
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Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big HillLovelace, Maud Hart
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Everything on A WaffleHorvath, Polly
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Flora & UlyssesDiCamillo, Kate
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Al Capone Does My HomeworkCholdenko, Gennifer
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Turtle in ParadiseHolm, Jennifer L.
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerKonigsburg, E. L.
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Three Times LuckyTurnage, Sheila
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Year of the BookCheng, Andrea
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The One and Only IvanApplegate, Katherine
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Inside Out & Back AgainLai, Thanhha
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Women in ScienceIgnotofsky, Rachel
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The Midwife's ApprenticeCushman, Karen
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Two NaomisRhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola
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The War I Finally WonBradley, Kimberly Brubaker
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The SaturdaysEnright, Elizabeth
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Growing up With AlohaLarson, Kirby
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RosetownRylant, Cynthia
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Our Only May AmeliaHolm, Jennifer L.
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The Heart and Mind of Frances PauleyStevens, April
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Louisiana's Way HomeDiCamillo, Kate
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Amal UnboundSaeed, Aisha
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SavvyLaw, Ingrid
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Front DeskYang, Kelly
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The Moon WithinSalazar, Aida
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Stef Soto, Taco QueenTorres, Jennifer
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Searching for LottieRoss, Susan L.
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Becoming RBGLevy, Debbie
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The Princess DollsSchwartz, Ellen
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Cat RunningSnyder, Zilpha Keatley
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Skunk and BadgerTimberlake, Amy
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Listening for LionsWhelan, Gloria
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One Crazy SummerWilliams-Garcia, Rita
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Little White DuckMartínez, Andrés Vera
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Spin With MePolonsky, Ami
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Prairie LotusPark, Linda Sue
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When Stars Are ScatteredJamieson, Victoria
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Show Me A SignLeZotte, Ann Clare
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Love, LoveChang, Victoria
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The List of Things That Will Not ChangeStead, Rebecca
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War and Millie McGonigleCushman, Karen
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Lety Out LoudCervantes, Angela
Fun fact: Local author Caroline Paul thanks us in the "Acknowledgements" section of her book The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure (2016). Before it was published, our group read the manuscript and met with Caroline (over cookies and juice) to provide our feedback. She says we made it better!
We meet (usually) on the last Thursday of each month, 6:45-7:45 PM, at the West Portal Library. Our group is for girls ages 9-12 with a favorite adult. We read mostly fiction but also non-fiction and what's delightful for Librarian Liesel is seeing families relating to each other over all kinds of topics that they otherwise might not discuss.
Book Club: For Boys

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The One and Only FamilyApplegate, Katherine
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BombSheinkin, Steve
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Stuntboy, in the MeantimeReynolds, Jason
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The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of DreamsNayeri, Daniel
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Seen and UnseenPartridge, Elizabeth
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The Eyes & the ImpossibleEggers, Dave
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Simon Sort of SaysBow, Erin
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The Effects of Pickled HerringSchumacher, Alex
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How We Got to the MoonRocco, John
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Eagle DrumsHopson, Nasug̊raq Rainey
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Elf Dog and Owl HeadAnderson, M. T.
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The Jake ShowLevy, Joshua
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Golden TicketSmith, Irena
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The Faithful SpyHendrix, John
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PaperboyVawter, Vince
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MexikidMartin, Pedro
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OdderApplegate, Katherine
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Lion of MarsHolm, Jennifer L.
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InvisibleGonzalez, Christina Diaz
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TroublemakerCho, John
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All ThirteenSoontornvat, Christina
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The Door of No ReturnAlexander, Kwame
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How to Build A HumanTurner, Pamela S.
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New From HereYang, Kelly
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NorthwindPaulsen, Gary
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Red ScareWalsh, Liam Francis
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The Secret Battle of Evan PaoShang, Wendy Wan Long
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Falling ShortCisneros, Ernesto
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The One and Only BobApplegate, Katherine
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Look Both WaysReynolds, Jason
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Clean GetawayStone, Nic
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Omar RisingSaeed, Aisha
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Spin With MePolonsky, Ami
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Little White DuckMartínez, Andrés Vera
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Efren DividedCisneros, Ernesto
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Clayton Byrd Goes UndergroundWilliams-Garcia, Rita
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The CrossoverAlexander, Kwame
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Because of Winn-DixieDiCamillo, Kate
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A Single ShardPark, Linda Sue
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Mr. TucketPaulsen, Gary
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A Long Way From ChicagoPeck, Richard
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GhostReynolds, Jason
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One Beetle Too ManyLasky, Kathryn
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PatinaReynolds, Jason
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Al Capone Does My ShirtsCholdenko, Gennifer
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The GiverLowry, Lois
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The Secret GardenBurnett, Frances Hodgson
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The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeLewis, C. S.
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Breaking Stalin's NoseYelchin, Eugene
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Hello, UniverseKelly, Erin Entrada
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New KidCraft, Jerry
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Pay Attention, Carter JonesSchmidt, Gary D.
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The RunawaysStark, Ulf
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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster BoySchmidt, Gary D.
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HolesSachar, Louis
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PoppyAvi
We began at the urging of moms in the Mother-Daughter Bookclub who wanted something for their sons too.
We meet on the first Thursday of each month, 6:45-7:45 PM, at the West Portal Library. Our group is for boys ages 9-12 with a favorite adult. We read mostly fiction but also non-fiction and coordinate activities like fossil excavating (a propos a book about Charles Darwin). Another highlight was Zooming with author Ami Polonsky to discuss her book about a non-binary kid and having one grandma to say: "Gender! Pronouns! I've learned so much tonight!"