Register for the Penguin Random House 2021 Common Reading Virtual Author Event!

By Luis Diaz | October 15 2021 | College & University Reads

Penguin Random House Common Reading Virtual Author Events 

November 11th, 2021

Click Here to RSVP

Penguin Random House Education would like to invite you to attend our Fall Virtual Author Event for Common Reading, which will take place on November 11th, 2021, from 1-2 pm ET (10am-11am PDT) featuring live presentations by Michael Sayman, US Senator Mazie K. Hirono, Heather McGhee, and Judith Heumann talking about their new books.

 

By filling out the RSVP form, you will secure your spot for the event, as well as receive digital access to each of the authors’ books in advance of the event.

 

App Kid
App Kid
How a Child of Immigrants Grabbed a Piece of the American Dream
Michael Sayman
978-0-525-65619-7
App Kid is an inspiring and deeply personal coming of age memoir from one of Silicon Valley’s youngest entrepreneurs—a second-generation immigrant who taught himself how to code as a thirteen-year-old and went on to claim his share of the American dream.
Hardcover
The Sum of Us
The Sum of Us
What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Heather McGhee
978-0-525-50956-1
Selected for common reading at:
Hardcover
Being Heumann
Being Heumann
An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
Kristen Joiner, Judith Heumann
978-0-8070-0280-3
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for NonfictionOne of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human.
Paperback
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