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At Schaumburg Township District Library in Schaumburg, IL, we're excited to read Min Jin Lee's National Book Award finalist Pachinko for our One Book, One Community. Our goal is to have our community read the same book at the same time, sparking great conversations about its themes.

But One Book, One Community isn’t only for adults. Thanks to our titles for young readers, your whole family can join the conversation. We’ve selected a book for each age group with similar themes to Pachinko to keep your kids involved.

In this special episode of Read With Us, we give you a quick overview of our titles for young readers: Dear Juno by Soyung Pak and Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai.

At Schaumburg Township District Library in Schaumburg, IL, we're excited to read Min Jin Lee's National Book Award finalist Pachinko for our One Book, One Community. Our goal is to have our community read the same book at the same time, sparking great conversations about its themes.

Pachinko, however, is quite a long book - 479 pages! We don't want that to stop people from experiencing the book and all our One Book, One Community has to offer, including a visit from author Min Jin Lee on Feb. 20, 2020.

So, we've created this podcast, breaking to book into sections and talking you through all the characters and the twists and turns of the plot as this story follows four generations of Koreans living in Japan, beginning in the early 1900s.

In Episode 6, our final episode, we review chapters 11-21 of Book 3 of Pachinko.

At Schaumburg Township District Library in Schaumburg, IL, we're excited to read Min Jin Lee's National Book Award finalist Pachinko for our One Book, One Community. Our goal is to have our community read the same book at the same time, sparking great conversations about its themes.

Pachinko, however, is quite a long book - 479 pages! We don't want that to stop people from experiencing the book and all our One Book, One Community has to offer, including a visit from author Min Jin Lee on Feb. 20, 2020.

So, we've created this podcast, breaking to book into sections and talking you through all the characters and the twists and turns of the plot as this story follows four generations of Koreans living in Japan, beginning in the early 1900s.

In Episode 5, we review chapters 1-10 of Book 3 of Pachinko.

At Schaumburg Township District Library in Schaumburg, IL, we're excited to read Min Jin Lee's National Book Award finalist Pachinko for our One Book, One Community. Our goal is to have our community read the same book at the same time, sparking great conversations about its themes.

Pachinko, however, is quite a long book - 479 pages! We don't want that to stop people from experiencing the book and all our One Book, One Community has to offer, including a visit from author Min Jin Lee on Feb. 20, 2020.

So, we've created this podcast, breaking to book into sections and talking you through all the characters and the twists and turns of the plot as this story follows four generations of Koreans living in Japan, beginning in the early 1900s.

In Episode 4, we review chapters 11-20 of Book 2 of Pachinko.

At Schaumburg Township District Library in Schaumburg, IL, we're excited to read Min Jin Lee's National Book Award finalist Pachinko for our One Book, One Community. Our goal is to have our community read the same book at the same time, sparking great conversations about its themes.

Pachinko, however, is quite a long book - 479 pages! We don't want that to stop people from experiencing the book and all our One Book, One Community has to offer, including a visit from author Min Jin Lee on Feb. 20, 2020.

So, we've created this podcast, breaking to book into sections and talking you through all the characters and the twists and turns of the plot as this story follows four generations of Koreans living in Japan, beginning in the early 1900s.

In Episode 3, we review chapters 1-10 of Book 2 of Pachinko.

At Schaumburg Township District Library in Schaumburg, IL, we're excited to read Min Jin Lee's National Book Award finalist Pachinko for our One Book, One Community. Our goal is to have our community read the same book at the same time, sparking great conversations about its themes.

Pachinko, however, is quite a long book - 479 pages! We don't want that to stop people from experiencing the book and all our One Book, One Community has to offer, including a visit from author Min Jin Lee on Feb. 20, 2020.

So, we've created this podcast, breaking to book into sections and talking you through all the characters and the twists and turns of the plot as this story follows four generations of Koreans living in Japan, beginning in the early 1900s.

In Episode 2, we review chapters 9-17 of Book 1 of Pachinko.