Liberated YA Book Club feat. Kalela Williams

Name: Liberated YA Book Club feat. Kalela Williams
Start: 2025-02-04T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-04T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 2524 Forest Dr

Schedule

Tue Feb 04 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

2524 Forest Dr | Columbia, SC

Join us for the first Liberated YA book club, where TANGLEROOT author Kalela Williams talks about the book & fighting censorship
About this Event

Liberation is Lit presents:

Liberated YA Book Club (for ages 14 - 18)

The Liberated YA Book Club is a space for readers ages 14-18 to explore young adult fiction that challenges conventions, sparks meaningful conversations, and inspires self-discovery. Youth participants will receive a free, signed copy of the book!

6:00 p. m.

Liberation is Lit (Inside of Thrift Therapy)

2524 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC

Tuesday, Feb. 4th

Parents and adults are welcome to stay and encouraged to read along, but this event is focused on youth perspectives.

About the book:

Tangleroot by Kalela Williams

An Indies Introduce, Indie Next, and Junior Library Guild Selection

One of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2024

Discover the truth that a whole town buried.

Noni Reid has grown up in the shadow of her mother, Dr. Radiance Castine. WhenDr. Castine takes a job as the president of the prestigious Stonepost College inrural Virginia, Noni is forced to leave her New England home and, mostimportantly, a prime internship and her friends. She and her mother move into the“big house” on Tangleroot Plantation.

This free event (and those to come in the future) is only possible through the support of the community. Please consider donating if you are a parent of a young person!