LA County Library, Los Angeles Public Library, The Seattle Public Library, King County Library System, Multnomah County Library, and Long Beach Public Library will join more than 140 libraries, including the Calabasas Library across California, Oregon, and Washington this spring for One Book, One Coast, the largest book club on the West Coast.  The LA County Library website here.

One Book, One Coast is a shared community reading program that celebrates literacy, learning, community, and civil discourse. All participating libraries will read and discuss They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger and illustrated by Harmony Becker. 

The Tuesday Evening Book Club will read the book in April. 

The Wednesday Morning Book Club will read the book in May.

Preschool Crafting Event - Children can make an Origami Crane on May 27 at 1:30 p.m.

One Book, One Coast 2026 recording with George Takei at the East LA Library on Sunday, May 31, 2026.  Video available until June 23, 2026.

Physical copies of the book are available to checkout and be put on hold with a Calabasas Library card.  Comics Plus has an e-book available with no hold list.  

To check out the e-book:

Scan the QR code for access to the e-book on Comics Plus.
Click the three lines in the upper left, the log in will appear
on the upper right, put in Calabasas Library.
Then add your library card number and pin,
which is the last four digits of your phone number.