The Library Book

The worst library fire in the U.S. happened in 1986 in downtown Los Angeles. Was it arson? An accident? How had the library become a vulnerable target? Susan Orlean's nonfiction retelling, "The Library Book," is full of memorable characters who spent a century building the library before the fire, and the heros that saved 80% of the books. This fiction-prompt program draws 40 phrases directly from "The Library Book." But like a library, it all depends on where the words are shelved. Spin the dial-a-genre wheel (https://wheelofnames.com/q5h-kbf) to find out if you'll be writing a bit of history, a mystery, or an action thriller. Like Orlean's book, this program has a bit of everything.