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������Ƶ has joined the Santa Barbara Book Council, Public Library System and the libraries of UCSB and City College in celebrating reading with “Santa Barbara Reads!”

Throughout August and September, Santa Barbara will be reading T.C. Boyle’s “The Tortilla Curtain,” a novel about the American Dream that deals with themes of illegal immigration, social discrimination, human dignity and racism.

Santa Barbara Reads! coincides with a statewide effort to read John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath.”
Discounted copies of “The Tortilla Curtain” are available at local bookstores and libraries have stocked their shelves with extra copies for the occasion.

The community-wide reading project will culminate with the Santa Barbara Book and Author festival Sept. 28 in De la Guerra Plaza downtown. Special events planned during the festival include an appearance by Boyle, a Santa Barbara resident.

For more information, call ������Ƶ’s public affairs office at (805) 565-7057, Santa Barbara Reads! at 893-5732, or visit their Web site at www.ci.santa-barbara.ca.us/library/sbreads.