Open Book Club is a group of people from Open Worship and First United Methodist Church of Denton who cares deeply about people, justice, and seek to find truth in literature. We are currently reading with our co-facilitators, Pamela Sanders and Krystal Stroud, and meeting on Zoom. You don't need any qualifications to be part of this group, just an open mind and a love of stories. We meet every other week to discuss what we've read and how it's impacted us. May we be transformed by these stories together!

Our next book will be Five Little Indians by Michelle Good (trigger warnings for child sexual assault/abuse, abuse by church authorities, kidnapping). Here’s a little about the award-wining book:

Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn’t want them. The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome, or at least forget, the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission. With compassion and insight, Five Little Indians chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward. 

We will discuss this novel over three gatherings, Monday nights November 7, 21, & December 5 at 8 pm to discuss on Zoom. At the first meeting, we'll be discussing pages 1-91. We look forward to gathering with you! Join our Facebook group to access Zoom links.