8th Grade Attends the National Book Award Teen Press Conference

On November 16th, the 8th grade was given the opportunity to attend the National Book Award Teen Press conference at the Schomburg Center of the New York Public Library. There, they listened to the five nominees for the National Book Award for Young People read from their books, then they had a chance to ask the authors questions and and get their books signed. The National Book Award Foundation provided each student who attended with a free book beforehand that they could read in anticipation of the event, and the titles were SHIPBREAKER by Paolo Bacigalupi, MOCKINGBIRD by Kathryn Erskine, DARK WATER by Laura McNeal, LOCKDOWN by Walter Dean Myers and ONE CRAZY SUMMER by Rita Williams-Garcia. As you can see from the pictures below, we had an amazing time!