Last call for First Book Got You Hooked!

The First Book’s “What Book Got You Hooked?” literacy awareness campaignis in its second season.

“Time is running out to visit the First Book website, write about the book that got you hooked on reading, and vote for the state that you’d like to see receive 50,000 new books for low-income youth. The voting ends at midnight on September 15th, after which First Book will tally the results and post on their website the name of the winning state as well as a list of the Top 50 books that got readers hooked.”

Via Shelftalker

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