One Book, One Grove City started in 2011 as an opportunity to foster a sense of community, stimulate a culture of reading in Grove City, and create connections among Grove City residents based on literature.

By offering free public programming and book discussions around each selection, One Book, One Grove City aims to enrich the experience of reading for everyone.

2012 Selection

“The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald







January 17, 2012

6:00 - 7:30 PM

GCC Alumni Center on Broad Street

Kick-off Event

All ages welcome!

A short presentation on “The Great Gatsby,” refresements, and the chance to mingle with others in the community will be provided.

Please bring empty, rinsed soup cans (normal size) as an admission to the kick-off which will be used for a One Book, One Grove City children's program.

January 21, 2015

@12:30 PM

Grove City Community Library

American Girl Movie/Craft Day

One Book, One Grove City Children’s Event

Featuring “Kit: an American Girl”

Rated G

Girls 1st - 5th Grades

Watch the movie then make a tin can pencil holder and enjoy a snack from time period.  Registration required by January 19, 2012.



February 13, 2012

@6:30 PM

Grove City Community Library


Book Discussion

2nd Monday @ the Library Book Club

Come prepatred to discuss "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitsgerald.  Refreshments will be provided.

February 20, 2012

@ 6:00 PM

Beans on Broad

Book Discussion

3rd Monday Beans & Books Club

Discussion will be on books written during or about the 1920s.  

February 25, 2012

@1:00 PM

Grove City Community Library

Brown Bag Classics Movie Presentation

"The Great Gatsby" (1974) with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.  Please bring your own drink and /or bagged lunch.


March 10, 2012

@1:00 PM

Grove City Community Library

Brown Bag Classics Movie Presentation

"The Jazz Singer" (1927) with Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, William Demarest.  Please bring your own drini and/or bagged lunch.



Community Events

One Book, One Grove City

2012

All donations to One Book, One Grove City will go to the Grove City United Way.  They fund over 20 programs at local agencies throughout the Grove City area.

Community Events Book Selection Contact OBOGC Resources Community Partners

Web Resources

America in the 1920s

Audio Guide

C-Span American Writers II: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the American Dream

F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Home Page

F. Scott Fizgerald Society

Information about the book

The Jazz Age: The American 1920s

Prohibition: The American 1920s

Readers Guide

Time Magazine Review

Web Edition of “The Great Gatsby” published by eBooks@Adelaide

Community Partners