Three students from Auburn High School received special honors in the recent Central New York Reads Essay and Poetry Contest. Both the essay and the poem had to be a response to the book “Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini.
All of the students in the “Studies in Contemporary Literature” course taught by English teachers Diana Jacobs and Deb Rielly read the book and submitted entries along with other high school students throughout central New York.
Rosie Scheibel, a junior, took first place in the poetry contest, while Matt Kowatch, a senior, took second place in the essay contest and third place in the poetry contest.
Mark Sidor, a senior, received an honorable mention in the essay contest for his writing.
“The Kite Runner” is the first novel by Afghan-American author Hosseini.
The book tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do boy from Kabul, who is haunted by the guilt of betraying his childhood friend Hassan, the son of his father's servant. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.
The winning students were able to see Azar Nafisi, an Iranian woman who spoke at the Onondaga County Library in Syracuse, Thursday. Nafisi wrote the best seller “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” which is another book about the Middle East.
Since 2001, representatives of central New York's cultural, educational and social service organizations have come together to sponsor Central New York Reads, the largest one book, one community reads program in the state.
The CNY Reads Consortium, currently coordinated by Onondaga County Public Library and consisting of a rapidly expanding group of central New York partners, promotes reading, research, discovery and sharing of perspectives among local citizens by encouraging them to read the same book and to participate in programs related to that book.
Locally, the Cayuga Reads project is being organized by members of the community including Seymour Library, Cayuga Community College, Auburn Enlarged City School District and Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES. The next planned local reading for Cayuga Reads is in October of “Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell.
Rosie Scheibel, a junior, took first place in the poetry contest, while Matt Kowatch, a senior, took second place in the essay contest and third place in the poetry contest.
Mark Sidor, a senior, received an honorable mention in the essay contest for his writing.
“The Kite Runner” is the first novel by Afghan-American author Hosseini.
The book tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do boy from Kabul, who is haunted by the guilt of betraying his childhood friend Hassan, the son of his father's servant. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.
The winning students were able to see Azar Nafisi, an Iranian woman who spoke at the Onondaga County Library in Syracuse, Thursday. Nafisi wrote the best seller “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” which is another book about the Middle East.
Since 2001, representatives of central New York's cultural, educational and social service organizations have come together to sponsor Central New York Reads, the largest one book, one community reads program in the state.
The CNY Reads Consortium, currently coordinated by Onondaga County Public Library and consisting of a rapidly expanding group of central New York partners, promotes reading, research, discovery and sharing of perspectives among local citizens by encouraging them to read the same book and to participate in programs related to that book.
Locally, the Cayuga Reads project is being organized by members of the community including Seymour Library, Cayuga Community College, Auburn Enlarged City School District and Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES. The next planned local reading for Cayuga Reads is in October of “Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell.
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