Thursday Night Book Club

Name: Thursday Night Book Club
Start: 2025-11-20T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 222 E 11 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI, United States, Michigan 48067

Schedule

Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

222 E 11 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI, United States, Michigan 48067 | Royal Oak, MI

Come join us at the Royal Oak Public Library's monthly Thursday night book club meeting. Copies of the book are available at the reference desk. You can also request a copy of the book through the catalog or contact the event organizer.
November book: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens. But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas.