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Rise & Read Morning Book Discussion

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

2025-07-08 10:30:00 2025-07-08 11:30:00 America/Chicago Rise & Read Morning Book Discussion Registration and book pickup begins June 10. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters tells the story of a Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia who travels to Maine to pick blueberries in the summer. R Main Library - Lake Room

Tuesday, July 08
10:30am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2025-07-08 10:30:00 2025-07-08 11:30:00 America/Chicago Rise & Read Morning Book Discussion Registration and book pickup begins June 10. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters tells the story of a Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia who travels to Maine to pick blueberries in the summer. R Main Library - Lake Room

Main Library

Lake Room

Registration and book pickup begins June 10. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters tells the story of a Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia who travels to Maine to pick blueberries in the summer. R

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a community, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty years.

July 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old brother, Joe, sitting on a favorite rock at the edge of a berry field. Joe will remain distraught by his sister’s disappearance for years to come.

In Maine, a young girl named Norma grows up as the only child of an affluent family. Her father is emotionally distant, her mother frustratingly overprotective. Norma is often troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more like memories than imagination. As she grows older, Norma slowly comes to realize there is something her parents aren’t telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family secret.

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AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

EVENT TYPE: | Adult |

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