Wise Owls is a Book Club, meeting quarterly, for adults who enjoy reading children’s literature.
Wise Owls Book Club Hill Road Library
Tuesday, November 4, 5:00 to 6:00 pm.
The Fall 2025 selection is: Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera
For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel – or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering spirits and wyrms. 13 year-old pickpocket Leandro and his sister Gabi do what they can to forge a life in Pocatel. The city does not take kindly to Cascabel like them – the descendants of those who worked the San Joaquin Valley for generations. When Gabi is caught stealing precious fruit from the Pocatelan elite, Leando takes the fall. His consciousness is placed inside an ancient drone — beyond the walls of Pocatel lie other alebrijes like Leandro who seek for a better world — as well as mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, a hidden oasis, and the truth.
Pick up the latest selection at Hill Road Library. To join the mailing list for this Book Club please email Linda.Cherry@Ventura.org
The Summer 2025 was The Total Solar Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna The Spring 2025 selection was: The Moon Within by Aida Salazar; The Winter selection was: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin