ABE Reads

5^th Annual ABE Reads Book Club - Outcasts United, by Warren St. John

Wednesday, August 15- Green Mill Restaurant, Kelly Inn

6:00-8:00 pm

Come and share your thoughts with other ABE practitioners in an evening of stimulating discussion. Some appetizers and soft drinks are available; participants can also order and pay for drinks and meals.

Outcasts United is the story of a team of refugee boys, the remarkable woman who coaches them, and the town where they live, a once-sleepy southern hamlet that has been upended by the process of refugee resettlement.  It's a story about the challenges posed by our quickly changing world, and one that reminds us of what is possible in this country when we put our values in action.

It's a book about resilience in the face of extraordinary hardship, the power of one person to make a difference and the daunting challenge of creating community in a place where people seem to have so little in common. 

Past ABE Reads selections:

• 2011:   The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
• 2010:  The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yan
• 2009:  The Middle of Everywhere by Mary Pipher
• 2008:  Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

Recommended Books by past ABE READS participants:

• Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
• The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson (Themes:  Mongolia and autism)
• The House at Sugar Beach  by Helene Cooper (Theme:  Liberia)
• What is the What by Dave Eggers (Theme:  Sudanese Lost Boy)
• La Linea by Ann Jaramillo
• Lost Boys No More by Abraham Nhial and DiAnn Mills
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• The Shan: Refugees Without a Camp by Bernice Koehler Johnson
• Reaching Out by Francisco Jimenez (Young adult novel)
• Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet (Theme:  Autistic savant)
• Left to Tell  by Immaculee Ilibagiza (Theme:  Rwanda)
• The Twelve Little Cakes by Dominika Dery (about growing up Czech in Communist Prague)