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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,
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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

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