This is an opportunity to dig deeper into the books and topics highlighted at the 2025 book festival, and engage in meaningful community dialogue.

You are welcome to attend and participate in the discussion whether or not you have read the book.

This event is FREE & open to all!

Join us for a discussion of Theodore C. Van Alst Jr’s, ‘The El,’ a semi-autobiographical novel that follows a group of teenage gang members as they trek across Chicago to a momentous meeting. Rich with the sites, smells and sounds of the author’s home city, this is a story of a group of friends trying to find their place in a world that has rejected them.

tuesday, november 4th

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Paulina Springs Books