The book for 2009 is
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
 About
the book
This award-winning graphic novel is Satrapi's touching (and funny) memior about
growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. More.
About the author
More about Marjane Satrapi.
Events
Activities for adults and kids, including discussion groups at local libraries
and a showing of Persepolis the movie at the State Theatre.
More.
Get The Book
Copies of Persepolis are available for check out from your local library
or for purchase at Barnes & Noble, Webster’s, the Student Bookstore or other
local bookstores.
Barnes & Noble of State College will match the first 50 copies of Persepolis
purchased at their store with donations to local libraries.
Found a CCR Book?
Centre County Reads is distributing free books around the county -- just look
for the CCR bookplate inside the cover. If you find a book, feel free to read it
and pass it along.
Then, if you've got time, tell your fellow readers where you found it and what
you thought about it.
We're using the BookCrossing.com site to help us chart the travels of the books.
Just enter the "BCID" number in the box at right.
Talk with us on the CCR blog
Dotty Delafield and Pat Griffith—both librarians and Centre County Reads
officers—are blogging about the CCR activities at the Centre Daily Times website.
Pat and Dottie are making book suggestions for summer reading and would like
hear what you're reading too. Join the discussion at
community.centredaily.com/?q=blog/1289
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