Highlights from Literacy Council Keynote Event

A few tidbits and links to more photos and great information about the wonderful recognition event for the Northern Virginia Literacy Council event. I so enjoyed meeting the staff, volunteers, and learners and hearing the inspirational stories of the people who came to this country in search of hope and opportunity....
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Young Adult Lit Author Martina Boone Visits Falls Church

by Karim Doumar for The Falls Church News-Press No two things have ever fit together better than Martina Boone and the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia. At its annual recognition event on Thursday, June 18, the council recognized the volunteers of the year, gave out community service awards, and heard the winners of the annual essay contest read out their essays which all surrounded the...
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Lovely Review of Compulsion in UK’s The Guardian

‘It had the capturing power that only very few books do – to keep you so hooked in that world that you find it hard to believe you’re actually living in another’ Read the full text here:...
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Win a Bag of Books and Swag for Your Classroom, School, or Library — The COMPULSION FOR READING Campaign

What’s the Compulsion for Reading campaign? Classrooms, schools, and libraries are too often faced with shrinking budgets these days, so authors get a lot of requests for free copies of our books. I wish we could send one to everyone who asks! Reading has been transformative in my life, and because my own daughter was a reluctant reader until a particular book sparked her imagination, I...
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Audio Book Release Giveaway!

To celebrate Tantor Media’s release of the Compulsion Audio Book, we’re giving away a great batch of prizes. First — we’ve got FOUR audio books to give away!  And then there’s the Grand Prize, which includes an Audio CD, Signed Compulsion Hardcover, Signed Persuasion ARC and a set of Koss Wireless Headphones. (The grand prize is international, and all other prizes...
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