Pop Culture with Books! Space Jam: A New Legacy

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Welcome to Reading With Libraries!

We are taking a small detour from our usual book group structure to look at some of the pop culture going on around us. And of course: we share related books! 

As we always do: grab your book, grab a beverage, and maybe get your streaming subscription warmed up because you are going to want to see this!

Wikipedia gives us the plot overview:

“When basketball champion and global icon LeBron James and his young son Dom (Cedric Joe) – who dreams of being a video game developer – are trapped in a virtual space by a rogue A.I. named Al-G Rhythm (Don Cheadle), LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Lola Bunny and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over Al-G’s digitized champions on the court, the Goon Squad: a powered-up roster of professional basketball stars as you’ve never seen them before. It’s Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life, that will redefine LeBron’s bond with his son and shine a light on the power of being yourself.”

LeBron stuff: (currently a Laker)

His foundation helped to start the I Promise School in Akron, OH “The LeBron James Family Foundation is funding additional services for the children and families attending IPS. Some of these services include uniforms, food for families, career placement services, bikes and helmets for each student, transportation for qualified individuals, and GEDs and job placement services for parents according to Akron School District spokesman Mark Williamson. Free tuition to the University of Akron for every graduating student is covered under the pre-existing Akron I Promise Network Scholarship, which was developed between the University of Akron, the LeBron James Family Foundation, and JPMorgan Chase in 2015.”

We jump aboard the Space Jam theme and talk about books set in space!

Thanks so much for joining us today! We like pop culture, we like movies, and we really like to talk about books. We’ll be back next week with another summer movie, to help you get ready with all the best books!