Thurs. 2/12, 4:30-5:30 pm
For Grades 4-6
Location: 2nd Floor Board Room
How does sign-up work:
We ask that you pick up your book within 5 days of sign up, to be fair to all those who sign up and on the wait list.
Pickup location and hours: 2nd Floor Kid’s Desk: Mon.-Thurs. 10-8:30 PM, Fri. 10-5 PM, Sat. 10-5pm, Sun. 1-5pm
*Limited free copies* The first 8 kids to sign up AND come in to pick up their book will get a paperback advance reader copy-you get to keep the book if you show up to the program!
The 8th-12th kids to sign up will show “waitlist” and we’ll contact you when a library copy comes in for you to check out with your library card.
If all copies have been signed up for, you will sign up for the waitlist and will receive a library copy to check out, but an attend the program.
What is this book about?
National Treasure gets a Harlem Renaissance twist in this epic adventure through New York City, filled with history, humor, and heart!
Twelve-year-old Zeus Jones is the only one who believes his grandfather’s wild stories about the Harlem Renaissance—until the day his grandfather mysteriously disappears and Zeus discovers a secret page hidden in ashes.
That page turns out to be a treasure map, and suddenly the stories are real. Now Zeus and his friends must follow the clues to rescue his grandfather and uncover a legendary lost fortune.
As they race across Harlem solving riddles and cracking codes, they uncover long-buried secrets about Black history, their own families, and the past. But they’re not the only ones hunting the treasure… and the danger is growing fast. This book is packed with puzzles, mysteries, and nonstop adventure
It’s fast, mysterious, and packed with puzzles you get to solve too — with danger, history, and hidden treasure on every page.
This program is part of the Avon250 series of programs.
We will learn more about the historical importance of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes poetry, and the many outstanding figures from this time period.