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Cover of Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Registration opens:
February 17th, 2026

Real Reads Book Discussion

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

2026-03-17 09:30:00 2026-03-17 11:00:00 America/Chicago Real Reads Book Discussion Discuss Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green. Books are available at the Adult and Teen Services Desk one month before each discussion. Downers Grove Public Library - Meeting Room Both (Max Capacity 100)

Tuesday, March 17
9:30am - 11:00am

Add to Calendar 2026-03-17 09:30:00 2026-03-17 11:00:00 America/Chicago Real Reads Book Discussion Discuss Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green. Books are available at the Adult and Teen Services Desk one month before each discussion. Downers Grove Public Library - Meeting Room Both (Max Capacity 100)

Downers Grove Public Library

Meeting Room Both (Max Capacity 100)

Discuss Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green. Books are available at the Adult and Teen Services Desk one month before each discussion.

Contact the Adult & Teen Services Desk at ATS@dglibrary.org with questions.

Submit a request for a program accommodation here. Learn more about accommodations and accessibility at DGPL by visiting dglibrary.org/accessibility.

"Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, preventable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year. In Everything is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry's story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world--and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis" -- Provided by publisher.
 

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Program | Registration Required | In-Person Program | Book Discussions |

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