A book group for readers who like to explore a wide variety of books, from prize-winning fiction in various genres, to newer non-fiction. All readers are welcome at the Magpie Club discussions. 

The October read is Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver's Pulitzer prize winning novel.

"A kid is a terrible thing to be, in charge of nothing." So says young Damon Fields, who's destined to be known as Demon Copperhead, a hungry orphan in a snake-harboring holler in Lee County, Virginia...  

Kingsolver's capacious, ingenious, wrenching, and funny survivor's tale is a virtuoso present-day variation on Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, and she revels in creating wicked and sensitive character variations, dramatic trials-by-fire, and resounding social critiques, all told from Damon's frank and piercing point of view in vibrantly inventive language.  - Booklist Reviews

Print copies are available at Solvang Library;  Ebook and Audio downloads are available via the library catalog.