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TEEN BOOK GIVEAWAY: LET'S GO SWIMMING ON DOOMSDAY

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Teens
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Teens in grades 6-12 will get all a free copy of the YA novel Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday by Natalie C. Anderson!

This is not a program that will be held at the library -- you'll sign up for the book, pick it up after we email you pickup details, and it's yours to keep! That's all there is to it!

Pickup details will be emailed to you within 48 hours of registration. Limited to 25 teens, one per person. Teens must be patrons of the Homer Township Public Library.

Registration opens Monday, April 4 at 8:30am.

Book description: Forced to become a child soldier, a sixteen-year-old Somali refugee must confront his painful past in this haunting, thrilling tale of loss and redemption. When Abdi's family is kidnapped, he's forced to do the unthinkable: become a child soldier. To save the lives of those he loves and earn their freedom, Abdi agrees to be embedded as a spy within the group's ranks, sending dispatches on their plans to the Americans. But it's a dangerous role and if Abdi's duplicity is discovered, he will be killed. For weeks, Abdi trains with the group, witnessing atrocity after atrocity. But after being forced into a suicide bomber's vest, Abdi finally escapes. Homeless and shell-shocked, Abdi is picked up for a petty theft, setting into motion a chain reaction that forces him to reckon with a past he's desperate to forget.