WisconSibs READ Book Club-May 1 2024
When:
May 1, 2024 @ 7:15 pm – 8:30 pm
2024-05-01T19:15:00-05:00
2024-05-01T20:30:00-05:00
Where:
Zoom
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Book Club for adult Sibs!
Join other adults who have siblings with disabilities for this exciting book club designed just for you.
Here’s a chance to connect with other adult sibs while getting into a book on your reading list or a new read.
Any Sib may join from anywhere in Wisconsin. Books are chosen by participants and meetings are held once per month via Zoom.
Don’t always have time to read? Join us anyway. Be open to a world of PosSIBility!
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Book for May 1, 2024
7:15 pm
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
Budo is lucky as imaginary friends go. He’s been alive for more than five years, which is positively ancient in the world of imaginary friends. But Budo feels his age and thinks constantly of the day when eight-year-old Max Delaney will stop believing in him. When that happens, Budo will disappear.
Max is different from other children. Some people say he has Asperger’s, but most just say he’s “on the spectrum.” None of this matters to Budo, who loves Max unconditionally and is charged with protecting him from the class bully, from awkward situations in the cafeteria, and even in the bathroom stalls. But he can’t protect Max from Mrs. Patterson, a teacher in the Learning Center who believes that she alone is qualified to care for this young boy.
When Mrs. Patterson does the unthinkable, it is up to Budo and a team of imaginary friends to save Max―and Budo must ultimately decide which is more important: Max’s happiness or his own existence.
Matthew Dicks’ Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend is a triumph of courage and imagination that touches on the truths of life, love, and friendship as it races to a heartwarming . . . and heartbreaking conclusion.
Join us for an interesting discussion and fun conversation!
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