ROCKINGHAM COUNTY READS
Rockingham County Reads is a community-wide reading event that encourages citizens to read the same book and to discuss the issues raised by the book. The program is a partnership between the library, the Friends of the Library, the Reidsville Human Relations Commission, Rockingham Community College,and other interested individuals and organizations in Rockingham County.
Copies of the newest selection are available at all library branches.
The 2011-2012 Rockingham County Reads selection is The Pact by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt ; with Lisa Frazier Page.
The Pact is the true story of how three young men join forces to beat the odds and become doctors. They grew up on the streets of Newark, facing city life's temptations, pitfalls, even jail. But one day these three young men made a pact. They promised each other they would all become doctors, and stick it out together through the long, difficult journey to attain that dream. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt are not only friends to this day-they are all doctors. This is a story about the power of friendship. Of joining forces and beating the odds. A story about changing your life, and the lives of those you love most-together.
Scheduled Book Discussions:
February 16 Eden @6:30
February 23 Reidsville @12:00
February 27 Mayodan @12:00
February 28 Stoneville @12:00
Previous Selections
2010-2011 The Pleasure was Mine by Tommy Hays
2009-2010 The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton
2008-2009 Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
2007-2008 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2006-2007 Blood Done Sign My Name by Tim Tyson