Amina Luqman-Dawson, Newbery and Coretta Scott King Award winning author of Freewater, will visit the new Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch! Space is limited and registration is required!
"Two children, Homer and Ada escape enslavement on a southern plantation. Sadly, they have to leave their mother and friends behind. They soon find themselves deep in a swamp where they discover the clandestine runaway community of Freewater. Homer has spent a lifetime trying to be invisible and unseen but he meets other children in Freewater and he learns from them how to have fun and make a little trouble, but more importantly, he learns that he matters, that he can make a difference. Armed with that crucial information he hatches the riskiest of plans to rescue others from enslavement. He takes the reader along for quite a thrilling adventure!"
Tuesday June 18, 2024 - Twin Beaches Library
Books will be available for purchase beginning at 5:30pm.
6:30pm Antoine White, President of Calvert County Board of Education interviews Amina Luqman-Dawson
7pm Q&A
7:20pm Book signing
Students have access to thousands of ebooks through Sora!
Access: Students access Sora through Clever
Book Limit: Students can have up to 3 ebooks at a time for two weeks!
Note: Once in Sora, click on the drop down arrow under Calvert County Schools and select Maryland's Digital Library for more selection! To checkout an ebook from Maryland's Digital Library, use your CRAB card. (calv + lunch number and 8 digit birthdate)