A Novel Idea: Joining City Reading Programs
In Los Angeles, they're handing out free copies of science fiction writer Ray Bradbury's futuristic novel Fahrenheit 451 and encouraging 9th and 10th grade students to write essays or produce artwork depicting crucial scenes in the book.
In Seattle, school district officials purchased and are passing out more than 16,000 copies of Lewis Sachar's quirky, award-winning novel Holes to students in the 4th through 8th grades and encouraging them to participate in discussion groups, theater performances, and meetings with the author.
And in Chicago, thousands of 8th graders are poring over Elie Wiesel's autobiographical novel Night about the Holocaust, even as tens of thousands of adults in the Windy City are being encouraged to...
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