Would you like to become or remain a reading group member for Capitol Choices? Be sure to email the facilitator for whichever group you'd like to join. We are welcoming four new facilitators this year, so be sure to check the Join Us page to see who they are! As an added bonus you'll also find the 2012 meeting dates!
All are invited to attend a talk by E.Lockhart at the Bethesda Library, 7400 Arlington Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814 on Thursday Feb. 16, 5pm. Copies of her books will be for sale through an arrangement with Politics and Prose Bookstore. She will sign books after her talk.
Soo Min comes from Korea to live with her adopted American family. Everything is strange, but it is Goyangi, the family Siamese cat, who helps her adjust and she loves him. With him, she isn't afraid. Then Goyanji goes missing. Lush, realistic collages incorporating oil paint, as well as textures from both East and West, bring the book to life. The climax of this touching story simply and subtly shows that Soo Min is now truly home. Up to Seven. Annette Klause
Collage, muted acrylics and oil paints create patterns reflecting the Eastern and Western worlds of an adopted Korean child. Bonding with “goyangi,” the cat in her new house, she weeps when it goes missing. Its return helps her accept that both she and Goyangi are home.
Eleven-year-old Verbena, angry at learning of her adoption along with other family secrets, befriends a gullible neighbor boy by pretending to be a ghost. Although a near-disaster reveals Verbie’s deceit, it also cements an enduring friendship.
