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May 24, 2012

St. Edward’s University Selects World War Z For Common Reading

St. Edward’s University in Austin, TX has selected Max Brook’s World War Z  as their freshman studies common text for the Fall 2012 semester. All incoming freshmen for the upcoming school year will be reading this book and discussing… The Zombie War. The … Continue reading →

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May 17, 2012

“The Best Novel About Digital Life Yet,” says Professor

A professor at Oberlin College assigned Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story to her first-year class on new technologies. She’d been teaching the class for over ten years and decided to change things up by assigning Shteyngart’s book to fifteen … Continue reading →

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May 15, 2012

A Message from Dear Marcus Author Jerry McGill

Last year I retired from a profession that was probably the most challenging, the most frustrating, and in many ways the most rewarding profession that I’ve ever held. When I rolled my wheelchair out of my high school English classroom … Continue reading →

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May 8, 2012

Sacred Heart University Picks The Other Wes Moore for Summer Reading

The incoming freshman class at Sacred Heart University will be reading The Other Wes Moore as their first summer reading assignment. The author, Wes Moore, will also be speaking on campus  to the Sacred Heart freshman class and the entire University … Continue reading →

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April 30, 2012

Concordia College Selects Acts of Faith a Second Time

Concordia College in Moorhead, MN has picked Eboo Patel’s Acts of Faith as a common reading title again for a second year. Whereas the book had been selected as a “summer read” a previous year at Concordia, the college is … Continue reading →

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April 24, 2012

Louisburg College Selects My Orange Duffel Bag for Common Reading!

Louisburg College in North Carolina has selected My Orange Duffel Bag by author Sam Bracken for their 2012-2013 common reading title! We’d also like to note that the upcoming school year is of particular significance for Louisburg College because it … Continue reading →

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April 9, 2012

Two More Common Read Adoptions for Enrique’s Journey!

Enrique’s Journey, Pulitzer Prize-winner Sonia Nazario’s true story about the odyssey made by a Honduran boy who braves unimaginable hardship and peril to reach his mother in the United States has been chosen by both Loyola University Chicago and Saint … Continue reading →

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April 5, 2012

University of Delaware Selects Behind the Beautiful Forevers for Common Reader

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo has officially been chosen as the University of Delaware’s 2012 FYE title! The university’s shared common reader program presents students with a unique opportunity to engage in a meaningful conversation with their peers  and … Continue reading →

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April 3, 2012

UTC Unviels Outcasts United as FYE 2012 Selection!

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has officially announced Outcasts United by Warren St. John as their title selection for the university’s 2012 Freshmen Year Reading Experience. After receiving more than 50 entries in favor of choosing Outcasts United, this … Continue reading →

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March 27, 2012

A Message from Author Ernest Cline

The novel Ready Player One from debut author Ernest Cline has already won the 2012 Alex Award and has just recently been selected for this year’s common reading at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In this letter to educators, Cline … Continue reading →

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