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Film, Video Ernest Cline: Becoming Best Friends with a Bat Colony

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Title

  • Ernest Cline: Becoming Best Friends with a Bat Colony

Summary

  • In this mostly-true story, Ernest Cline introduces us to Opal, a girl who befriends a colony of bats. When their habitat is destroyed, what will she do to help find a place where they will all be welcomed and protected? Learn all about "The Bridge to Bat City" in this conversation with Cline and Jennifer Harbster at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Event Date

  • August 24, 2024

Running Time

  • 32 minutes 22 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Ernest Cline: Becoming Best Friends with a Bat Colony. 2024. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11555/.

APA citation style:

(2024) Ernest Cline: Becoming Best Friends with a Bat Colony. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11555/.

MLA citation style:

Ernest Cline: Becoming Best Friends with a Bat Colony. 2024. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11555/>.