<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp82bad1a0yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span id="ydp80d0d0cedocs-internal-guid-9173f888-7fff-996d-5040-e60a36bef54a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You will not want to miss this conference keynote speaker and this year’s winner of the Rebecca Caudill Award, Alan Gratz. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Social Thrillers with Alan Gratz, Thursday Nov. 5, 7 pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alan will be discussing the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> inspiration behind some of his books like </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Allies</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grenade</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refugee</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prisoner B-3087</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and offers some deep thoughts about writing "social thrillers" for young readers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alan is a Tennessee native now living and writing full-time in Asheville, North Carolina. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visit him online at </span><a href="http://www.alangratz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">www.alangratz.com</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><div dir="" data-setdir="true" style="text-align: center; "><span><span id="ydpbb3ab60ddocs-internal-guid-d8b53eb0-7fff-caa7-0533-a1ef49b570d0"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; width: 224px; min-height: 224px;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d8m8nQh7bEYJYxAamE4pH4aeZKOiN6UeXNXchyfRusKytdP5aj4hI3yQPTta7EWHWJqIWNLGQFD5r56XJauQvKYeJSavL_p0R_ZkrL36L4e1T8nMnHcuhaBZBBf0sbl4G3tcwazV" style="margin-left: 0px; 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font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Secure your front row seat and s<span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">pread the word</span></span>! <span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t keep this news a secret. </span></span></span></div><div><br></div></span></div></span></div><div class="ydp82bad1a0signature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr">Peggy Burton, Retired School Librarian</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Publicity Chair, 2020 Virtual AISLE Conference</div><div dir="ltr"><span></span><span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>