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Central Illinois Reads Presents Author James Klise

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens (12 - 18), Adults
Off Site
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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Teens (12 - 18), Adults
Program Type: Author Events, Central Illinois Reads, Current Events, Social Justice,

Central Illinois Reads

The Freedom to Read is essential to our democracy, but also under attack.

Central Illinois libraries are joining together to encourage you to exercise your intellectual freedom.

  • Get a library card.
  • Read outside your comfort zone.
  • Unite against book bans.

Central Illinois Reads: Freedom to Read is a community partnership of libraries, organizations, and institutions committed to preserving everyone's Freedom to Read.

  • Bradley University
  • Chillicothe Public Library
  • Dunlap Public Library District
  • Fondulac Library District
  • Illinois Prairie District Public Library
  • Methodist College
  • Morton Public Library
  • Neighborhood House. 
  • Pekin Public Library
  • Peoria Public Library
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon with Peoria native, now Chicago-based novelist James Klise.

The author of award-winning novels for young adults, Klise’s new historical novel, I'll Take Everything You Have (Algonquin Young Readers), tel