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Featured Staff Pick
The Hour of Land
By: Terry Tempest Williams
"While the title says a personal topography,  The Hour of Land  expands on this premise to address what the National Park System means to all of us. If you enjoyed Ken Burns' PBS series, The National Parks: America's Best Idea , you are sure to enjoy  The Hour of Land"  -Tom
Upcoming Book Clubs
Monday, August 22nd at 6:30pm,  The Hickory Stick Bookshop's Book Club will meet and discuss  The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson. 
In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and an eccentric band of renegade biologists, journalist Trevor Corson escorts the reader onto the slippery decks of fishing boats, through danger-filled scuba dives, and deep into the churning currents of the Gulf of Maine to learn about the secret undersea lives of lobsters.
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Our book club is open to all and no registration is required, so please feel free to read the book and join in on the discussion!
Questions? Please call 860-868-0525. 

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Friday, October 7th at 5pm, The Hickory Stick's Not-So--Secret Readers Society meets to discuss Candy Makers  by Wendy Mass. IIn the town of Spring Haven, four children have been selected to compete in the national candymaking contest of a lifetime. Who will make a candy more delicious than the Oozing Crunchorama or the Neon Yellow Lightning Chew?
Logan, the candymaker's son, who can detect the color of chocolate by feel alone?Miles, the boy allergic to rowboats and the color pink?
Daisy, the cheerful girl who can lift a fifty-pound lump of taffy as if it were a feather?
Philip, the suit-and-tie-wearing boy who's always scribbling in a secret notebook?
This sweet, charming, and cleverly crafted story, told from each contestant's perspective, is filled with mystery, friendship, and juicy revelations.
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Our book club is open to all (suggested age: 8-12) and no registration is required, so please feel free to read the book and join in on the discussion!  Questions? Please call 860-868-0525. 

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