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            5 Articles Tagged award-winners

            Community & School Reads Adults: Current Events Community & School Reads Adults: Narrative Nonfiction First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Social Justice
            March 14 2018

            10,000 New Social Housing Units – Thanks to Matthew Desmond’s EVICTED

            Tom Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee, read Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, which tells the story of eight impoverished families in his city who are threatened with forced eviction. Influenced by this multi-award-winning book, Barrett is launching an ambitious housing project to build or renovate 10,000 housing units in Milwaukee over the next

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            10,000 New Social Housing Units – Thanks to Matthew Desmond’s EVICTED

            Community & School Reads Adults: Current Events Community & School Reads Adults: Narrative Nonfiction First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Social Justice
            March 14 2018
            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Kids
            May 31 2017

            One Book, One Community: Spotlight on Medina, OH

            We love nothing more than hearing about an entire community supporting and sharing the experience of reading one book together. Because One Book programs are so vital to supporting literacy and library systems as a whole, we think it is important and helpful to recognize the communities that excel at these kind of events. Today we’re focusing on Medina, Ohio

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            One Book, One Community: Spotlight on Medina, OH

            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Kids
            May 31 2017
            Pulitzer Prize
            First-Year Reading
            April 20 2017

            Pulitzer Prize winners: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and EVICTED

            For Fiction, the Pulitzer Prize Board called THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, by Colson Whitehead “a smart melding of realism and allegory that combines the violence of slavery and the drama of escape in a myth that speaks to contemporary America.” The novel chronicles a young slave’s adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in

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            Pulitzer Prize

            Pulitzer Prize winners: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and EVICTED

            First-Year Reading
            April 20 2017
            Enriques Journey TedX
            Community & School Reads Adults: Current Events Community & School Reads Kids: Nonfiction First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Social Justice
            April 10 2017

            “Solving Illegal Immigration [For Real]:” ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY Author Sonia Nazario’s Ideas for Fixing a Broken System

            In a new Ted Talk entitled “Solving Illegal Immigration [For Real],” decorated journalist and author Sonia Nazario suggests an alternative method to naturalization or heavy border policing to stem the flow of undocumented individuals into the United States. Nazario boasts a long and impressive writing career, during which she has shown immense dedication to featuring

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            Enriques Journey TedX

            “Solving Illegal Immigration [For Real]:” ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY Author Sonia Nazario’s Ideas for Fixing a Broken System

            Community & School Reads Adults: Current Events Community & School Reads Kids: Nonfiction First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Social Justice
            April 10 2017
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            February 7 2017

            Hear from the Award-Winning Audiobook Narrator of EVICTED, Dion Graham

            Dion Graham has become a familiar voice to both adults and children for his riveting reads of important and beloved books. Hear why he loves “falling into a story” and listen to clips from his recent recordings including RUSA Listen List and Carnegie Medal Winner, EVICTED by Matthew Desmond.

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            Hear from the Award-Winning Audiobook Narrator of EVICTED, Dion Graham

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            February 7 2017
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