Adventure Awaits: Summer Book Club (NEW DATE)

To match the theme, we will be reading, “Be Not Far from Me” by Mindy McGinnis. Earn extra raffles for summer reading while we read a story of the wilderness and all it takes to survive when you’re suddenly alone. Pick up your copy at the Teen Reference desk! Registration required. This book may not be appropriate for patrons under 13. Please contact Alex for further questions. 

BOOK SUMMARY (via GoodReads): 

Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhead than a roof. So when she goes hiking in the Smokies with her friends for a night of partying, the falling dark and creaking trees are second nature to her. But people are not tame either. And when Ashley catches her boyfriend with another girl, drunken rage sends her running into the night, stopped only by a nasty fall into a ravine. Morning brings the realization that she's alone - and far off trail. Lost in undisturbed forest and with nothing but the clothes on her back, Ashley must figure out how to survive despite the red streak of infection creeping up her leg.