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Adult Book Discussion at Fort Ben
Tuesday, October 15
6:30pm - 7:30pm
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2024-10-15 18:30:00
2024-10-15 19:30:00
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Adult Book Discussion at Fort Ben
Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" follows Lauren Olamina as she flees Southern California's ecological and societal collapse to Northern California.
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Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" follows Lauren Olamina as she flees Southern California's ecological and societal collapse to Northern California.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler is available as a print book, an e-book, a pre-loaded audiobook, an audiobook CD, and as a Book Club Kit in the Library's collection.
"When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny."
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The 22,000 square foot Fort Ben Branch provides easy access to Library services and collections due to its location in a high-traffic community with access to public transportation. It includes community meeting spaces and study rooms, beautiful landscaping components, and walk-up, bike-up, and drive-up material return locations. Its roof-top solar photovoltaic system will provides 80% of the building's electricity needs. The Library was envisioned as part of a redevelopment plan since the land was decommissioned and transitioned from the U.S. military to the City of Indianapolis in the 1990s.
The Branch is the first library branch in the state of Indiana to become a Certified Autism Center™ by receiving an international autism accreditation through the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES).