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This summer, join us for a community reading program of exceptional scope – one book for all of Los Angeles County.
June 1 – July 27, 2024
One Book, One County is a community reading program for Summer 2024 that celebrates collaboration, education, and conversation across our county and emphasizes the power of connected libraries to create connected communities. This program is unique because instead of one book for one library system, all 9.8 million County residents are invited to read one book together, with supportive programming provided by a network of partnered Los Angeles County library jurisdictions.
Featured Book: L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón
The 2024 selection for One Book, One County is L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón. This book was selected through a review and voting process that was open to all participating libraries.
Published in 2022, L.A. Weather is a New York Times bestseller that follows the Mexican-American Alvarado family during a year in Los Angeles “as they wrestle with impending evacuations, secrets, deception, and betrayal, and their toughest decision yet: whether to stick together or burn it all down.”
María Amparo Escandón is a New York Times best-selling bilingual author (English/Spanish). Her novel, L.A. Weather, is a Reese’s Book Club pick and the winner of the Fiction Award at the International Latino Book Awards, 2022. Her first novel Esperanza’s Box of Saints, (Santitos in Spanish) has been the number one best seller in the Los Angeles Times Best Sellers List, it has 21 foreign editions and is read in over 86 countries. Her second novel is González & Daughter Trucking Co. (Transportes González e Hija, S.A. in Spanish.) María has been an L.A. resident for forty years.
Read or Listen to L.A. Weather
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We’re offering unlimited eBook and audiobook copies of L.A. Weather on the Libby app. Add your library card to get started and borrow today!
Author Talk & Celebration
July 27, 5 – 7 pm
Gloria Molina Grand Park
Downtown Los Angeles
Help us close out One Book, One County with a special evening featuring a musical performance from Banda Las Angelinas, resources, activities, and a special author talk with María Amparo Escandón.
Can’t make it to the event but would like to participate? Check out the Livestream from YouTube!
Free Parking and Shuttle
Free parking is available at the Music Center parking garage.
A free shuttle is available from 9 libraries. Click below to save your seat!
- A C Bilbrew – Departs at 3:45
- Carson – Departs at 3:30 pm
- East Los Angeles – Departs at 4 pm
- El Monte – Departs at 4 pm
- Lancaster – Departs at 2:45 pm
- Norwalk – Departs at 3:30 pm
- San Fernando – Departs at 3:30 pm
- West Covina – Departs at 3:15 pm
- West Hollywood – Departs at 3:30 pm
All shuttles will leave the event at 7:30 pm, returning to their respective libraries.
Participating Library Systems
One Book, One County is co-sponsored by Los Angeles Public Library and LA County Library and includes a total of 18 library systems throughout Los Angeles County.
- Alhambra Civic Center Library
- Altadena Public Library
- Arcadia Public Library
- Beverly Hills Public Library
- Burbank Public Library
- Calabasas Library
- Commerce Public Library
- Covina Public Library
- El Segundo Public Library
- Glendale Library
- Glendora Public Library
- Irwindale Public Library
- LA County Library
- Los Angeles Public Library
- Long Beach Public Library
- Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library
- Santa Clarita Public Library
- Santa Monica Public Library
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