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Book cover for They Called us Enemy by George Takei. Cover shows people standing in line with a soldier watching them. In the background buildings are surrounded by a barbed wire fence. One young boy in the line looks back over his shoulder.

Bestsellers Book Club: They Called Us Enemy

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2026-05-19 12:00:00 2026-05-19 13:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Bestsellers Book Club: They Called Us Enemy Join us and enjoy a lively discussion of this month's Bestseller book selection! This month's featured book is part of the One Book, One Coast Book Club: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei. For Adults.  Stevenson Ranch Library - Meeting Room

Tuesday, May 19
12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Join us and enjoy a lively discussion of this month's Bestseller book selection! This month's featured book is part of the One Book, One Coast Book Club: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei. For Adults. 

One Book, One Coast brings together library systems across California, Washington State, and Oregon for a shared community reading program that celebrates literacy, learning, community, and civil discourse. Learn more about this initiative at LACountyLibrary.org/one-book-one-coast/

New York Times Bestseller and this year's selection for One Book, One Coast! A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future.  What does it mean to be American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do? 

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Conversations | History, Society, & Culture | Books, Poetry, & Writing |

TAGS: | One Book One Coast | Book Club |

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Library service in Stevenson Ranch began in July 2011 with the opening of Stevenson Ranch Express Library. In March, 2015, a new Stevenson Ranch Library opened to provide a full service library to the West Ranch communities. Library service in the Santa Clarita Valley area began in 1916 with the establishment of the original Newhall Library. The Stevenson Ranch Library pays tribute to a century of service with a local history collection and the original editorial cartoons of the Randy Wicks Collection.

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