We are pleased to invite all alumni to participate in the upcoming meeting of the Alumni Book Club!
On Monday, December 9th, we will gather at Kellenberg Memorial at 7 PM to discuss our next selection, The Chain, by Adrian McKinty. Please RSVP below.
For those who are unable to attend the meeting in person, we will be live-streaming fully interactive coverage of the event. Please register using the link below by Friday, November 29th Any questions may be directed towards the Alumni Office at (516) 292-0200 x396 or alumni@kellenberg.org.
Mrs. Cathy vonSchoenermarck, moderator of the Alumni Book Club, provides a synopsis below:
The premise involves a twist on the old “chain letter” concept where, if you received a certain missive, you had to pass it on or risk being cursed forever. Well, in this case, the subject matter is much more serious than sending a few letters; it involves kidnapping. Essentially, if your child is kidnapped, you have to kidnap someone else’s, and only when that person does the same will you have your own son/daughter returned to you. Here is what Goodreads has to say about McKinty’s novel:
You just dropped off your child at the bus stop. A panicked stranger calls your phone. Your child has been kidnapped, and the stranger explains that their child has also been kidnapped, by a completely different stranger. The only way to get your child back is to kidnap another child within 24 hours. Your child will be released only when the next victim’s parents kidnap yet another child, and most importantly, the stranger explains, if you don’t kidnap a child, or if the next parents don’t kidnap a child, your child will be murdered. You are now part of The Chain.