Journey with us to the Five Skies of Idaho

The Reading Across Rhode Island selection for 2009 is Five Skies by Ron Carlson, and the folks at the Rhode Island Center for the Book at Providence Public Library invite you to join with us in exploring and discussing this wonderful book, its characters, its setting and its message.

Five Skies is about a developing friendship among three troubled men: Darwin Gallegos, forman of the group, has lost his wife to a tragic accident; Arthur Key, Hollywood stunt director recently lost his brother in a stunt gone bad, and Ronnie Panelli, a shiftless young man has been in and out of jail for much of his young life. These refugees from the painful past are drawn together one summer by a construction project in the Idaho Rockies – constructing a ramp to nowhere for a bizarre and ill-conceived motorcycle stunt.

Author Ron Carlson makes his first visit to Reading Across Rhode Island 2009 at the RARI Launch Conference, which will be held on Saturday, January 31st from 9:30am – 2:30pm at Bryant University, Smithfield RI. The cost per person is $25.00. The Registration Form is available online and must be submitted by January 22nd.

This conference is designed for librarians, members and leaders of book discussion groups, educators and readers across the state. Please join us in welcoming Ron Carlson and in beginning our state-wide discussion about Five Skies.

If you cannot attend the conference and would like to ask Ron a question, simply post your question on this blog and we will include his answers in a future post. Join the discussion!