<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-7d305f74-7fff-5950-0dad-cf5d614c51f9"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tonight is Opening Night of the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="background-color:rgb(61,133,198)"><font color="#ffff00">2020 Virtual AISLE Conference!</font></span><font color="#000000">  And how are we beginning this conference?  Tune in at 7 pm as author Alan Gratz gets our conference started as he discusses</font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> the inspiration behind some of his books like </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Allies, Grenade, Refugee</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Prisoner B-3087</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and offers some deep thoughts about writing "social thrillers" for young readers.</span></span>  <br clear="all"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-af65db0f-7fff-ad94-ab1d-addddbdbc70a"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:92px;height:164px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/2lAMb-OYKmNcPVZrhE7hsaGIsSayGMl0npdIFpOhkp4yxYjLdqdbsJ4OKIcjjmDS-X8kTVYbkGvlO5TyQDsLkP6pLmNPA_IkoQuNhq7csW62sLMfCfxWGwHRbOuDV6nC0GQxUMmD" width="92" height="164" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span>  <br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Peggy Burton</div><div>2020 AISLE Conference Publicity Chair<br></div><div><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1MdI0y_SN9junvs6RnKCmx5MyUNyeQj-q&export=download" width="96" height="34"></div><div><br><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>