<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">We had Mr. Gratz skype with us last year--I got it with my scholastic dollars.  He is very engaging.</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="'arial black', sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#660000">Kathy Wickline</font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#660000">Unity Junior High Librarian</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#660000">Tolono, IL</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#660000"><a href="mailto:wicklinek@unity.k12.il.us" target="_blank">wicklinek@unity.k12.il.us</a></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#660000"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#660000">Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ujhslibrary</font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 5:24 PM dsmma--- via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_5689738644052998973ydp80d0d0cedocs-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">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="" style="text-align:center"><span><span id="gmail-m_5689738644052998973ydpbb3ab60ddocs-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; margin-top: 0px; width: 224px; max-width: 300px;"></span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_5689738644052998973ydp702f38a5docs-internal-guid-352bef9a-7fff-2a0b-4ce3-2dc293a2fa0c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">But first you have to register for the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,0);background-color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2020 Virtual AISLE Conference</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></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.aisled.org/conference_registration.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AISLE Conference Online Registration</a></p><div><br></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;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><div style="font-family:"new times",serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr">Peggy Burton, Retired School Librarian</div><div dir="ltr">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></div>MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG<br>
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