\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n New Movies <\/strong>on the shelf this week are \u201cThe Father\u201d starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, \u201cLand\u201d starring Robin Wright and Demian Bichir, \u201cBorn Racer\u201d starring Scott Dixon and \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy-The Complete Fifteenth Season\u201d starring Ellen Pompeo.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n STAFF PICK OF THE WEEK IS <\/strong>\u201cThe Boat People\u201d by Sharon Sala.<\/p>\n (from book jacket) When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war reaches Vancouver’s shores, the young father thinks he and his six-year-old son can finally start a new life. Instead, the group is thrown into a detention processing center, with government officials and news headlines speculating that among the “boat people” are members of a separatist militant organization responsible for countless suicide attacks\u2014and that these terrorists now pose a threat to Canada’s national security. As the refugees become subject to heavy interrogation, Mahindan begins to fear that a desperate act taken in Sri Lanka to fund their escape may now jeopardize his and his son’s chance for asylum.<\/em><\/p>\n Told through the alternating perspectives of Mahindan; his lawyer, Priya, a second-generation Sri Lankan Canadian who reluctantly represents the refugees; and Grace, a third-generation Japanese Canadian adjudicator who must decide Mahindan’s fate as evidence mounts against him, The Boat People is a spellbinding and timely novel that provokes a deeply compassionate lens through which to view the current refugee crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our TD Summer Reading Club has ended for this year!\u00a0 Thank you to all of the participants. We hope that everyone enjoyed the many activities that the library presented. Thank you to Indiana for doing such a great job this summer!\u00a0 Indi will be back in the fall with the Afterschool Program. Be sure to watch for the startup date.\u00a0 \u00a0We had many draws to make on Friday to end our TDSR Club. The BINGO winner for the adult prize package is Heather and the winner for the children prize package is Lachlan! Our Candy Jar winners are Lachlan and Munroe!\u00a0 Our French Story Time and Craft Club winner of a Samsung Tablet is Adriana! Our English Story Time and Craft Club winner of a Samsung Tablet is Finn! Congratulations to all! A huge thank you to our Sponsor The Wawa Rotary Club and our Donors Michael C. Allemano, Barrister and Solicitor, Wesdome, Alamos, Anonymous Donor, Evolugen by Brookfield, JJAM FM and Algoma Power. We appreciate your generous donations!<\/p>\n
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