Banned? Challenged? That means it’s a book worth talking about. Come talk about it at the Banned Book Club at BookMarx, in partnership with the Springfield-Greene County Library. Meet with your neighbors to read books that have recently been in the news. This month’s book is “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi. Discuss the book, reasons for it being banned or challenged and ideas surrounding intellectual freedom. This book club is for adults, but teens age 15 and older are welcome to attend with a parent or guardian.

5:30 p.m. for adults at BookMarx, 325 E. Walnut St. Read books that have recently been in the news for being banned or challenged. We'll discuss the book, the reasons it was banned or challenged and ideas surrounding intellectual freedom. Teens age 15 and older are welcome to attend with a parent or guardian. “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi. Call 417-616-0509.

"A stunning graphic memoir...a wholly original achievement in the form." —The New York Times

Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming—both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of growing up.