Parenthetical

If you could make all the students in grades 8-12 (plus faculty) at an all-girls prep school read one book, what would it be? Rules: It can be fiction or non-, all one author or essays by multiple authors, on just about any subject. It should be available in paperback by May, to keep costs [...]

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To celebrate the inauguration of President Obama, I hereby announce a Group Read! The book is Wide Awake, by David Levithan (author of the fabulous Boy Meets Boy), and it begins: “I can’t believe there’s going to be a gay Jewish president.” As my mother said this, she looked at my father, who was still [...]

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