Liberty & Literature: An America 250 Book Club

Celebrate America's 250th Birthday with the "Liberty & Literature" book club. You are invited to explore the lives and events that made America what it is today and brush up on your American history through literature.

This group will meet every other month, from November 2025 through September 2026. Meetings are typically on the last Thursday of the month, unless a holiday conflicts.

For more information, call the library at 308-233-3256 or email Sarah at shaack@kearneygov.org.

Currently Reading: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

Johnny Tremain is one of the finest historical novels ever written for children. To read this riveting novel is to live through the defining events leading up to the American Revolutionary War. Fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain, an apprentice silversmith with a bright future, injures his hand in an accident, forcing him to look for other work. In his new job as a horse boy, he encounters John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Dr. Joseph Warren. Soon Johnny is involved in pivotal events from the Boston Tea Party to the shots fired at Lexington. For this anniversary edition, Nathan Hale brings his distinct graphic-novel storytelling to a new foreword. (Goodreads)

Meeting Date: Thursday, January 29 at 10:00am