OUR VENUE FOR DECEMBER WILL BE AT KEVIN'S HOME NEAR DOWNTOWN BERKELEY, A FEW BLOCKS FROM BART.

Upcoming books and meetings:
Sunday, Dec 14, 2025: A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Sunday, Jan 11, 2026: Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance + Fire!! (various authors)
Sunday, Feb 8, 2026: TBD

Newbery Medal Winner.

Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy rural Illinois town were always packed with drama. But now she faces a whole year with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up the town!

"With a combination of wit, gentleness, and outrageous farce, this book tells the story of Mary Alice, 15, who spends the year 1937 with Grandma Dowdel in a small town in Illinois." —Booklist