Love graphics novels or interested in reading more? Join us for our 18+ Graphic Novel Book Club! We'll explore a new graphic novel every month to read together and then meet to discussed the book. This book club is exclusive for those 18 or older, as some materials may contain content not suitable for younger audiences. For May, we will be reading Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf.

On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard gunned down unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University. In a deadly barrage of 67 shots, four students were killed and nine shot and wounded. It was the day America turned guns on its own children—a shocking event burned into our national memory.

The fatal shootings triggered immediate and massive outrage on campuses around the country. More than four million students participated in organized walkouts at hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools, the largest student strike in the history of the United States at that time. It was a day that shocked the nation and helped turn the tide of public opinion against America’s war in Vietnam."

Copies of the book will be available to pick up at the BAB Library. Registration is required.