Get Lit: A Literary Salon— The Sapling Cage

Join us for a guided discussion of our monthly book selection, paired with delicious food, drinks, and the company of a wonderful reading community.

Includes the book of the month (physical or audio copy), 2 drinks, an appetizer, family-style main course, and light dessert. Limited to 40 seats. Additional food and drink available for purchase at Stems & Skins.

• May Book Club Pick: The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy
• Where: Stems & Skins, 1070 E Montague Ave, North Charleston, SC
• When: May 19, 2026, at 7 p.m.

Book Fulfillment

• During order confirmation, you will select either a physical copy or audiobook version of the month's book.
• Please provide an email address for your audiobook token to be sent to. It will come as an email from Libro.fm within 24 hours of purchase with the subject line "If the Dead Belong Here on Libro.fm" and may go to your promotions folder.
• If you opt for the print book and would like it shipped to your address of choice, please add the $5 shipping add-on to your order.
• All other print books will be pick-up at book club or at the bookstore.

Dietary Restrictions & Alcohol-Free Options

Select the "Special Diet" or "Non-Alcoholic Drink Pairings" Dietary Restrictions at checkout.

Parking

Street parking is available around Stems & Skins. There are also several public parking lots nearby, such as on Cougar Way behind DIG, Stone's Ally in front of Itinerant Literate, off Colie Morse Lane there are two grass lots in front of Cooper River Baptist Church and one at Chateau Ave & Garco Street.

Lorel has always dreamed of becoming a witch: learning magic, healing the sick, fighting monsters, and exploring the world beyond her small town where she and her mother run the stables. Even though a strange plague is killing the trees in the Kingdom of Cekon and witches are being blamed for it, Lorel wants nothing more than to join them. There's only one problem: all witches are women, and she was born a boy.
When the coven comes to claim her best friend, Lorel disguises herself in a dress and joins in her friend's place, leaving home and her old self behind. She soon discovers the dark powers confronting the kingdom: a magical blight scars the land, and the power-mad Duchess Helte is crushing everything between her and the crown. In spite of the chaos, Lorel makes friends and begins learning about magic from the powerful witches in her coven. However, she fears that her new friends and mentors will find out her secret and kick her out of the coven, or worse.
In the gripping first novel in the Daughters of the Empty Throne trilogy, author Margaret Killjoy spins a tale of earth magic, power struggle, and self-invention, an own-voices story of trans witchcraft.

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Stems & Skins, 1070 East Montague Avenue, North Charleston, United States

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