SUSAN CAROL McCARTHY

MSU, Michigan Tech & others select LAY THAT TRUMPET IN OUR HANDS for One Book, One Community Read

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Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl's big idea—"What if everyone in town read the same book, then got together and talked about it?"—has really taken off.

“We choose not-particularly-well-known books that lend themselves to good discussions," Pearl explains. "Books that raise important questions about moral choices, ethical behavior, or the meaning of life, but do so without hitting people over the head with their message."

Among the many schools and library systems which have selected Lay That Trumpet In Our Hands by Susan Carol McCarthy for their One Book or Common Read are...

ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY READS:

• Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 2009 Freshman Year Read
  
• Finlandia University, Hancock, MI 2009 Freshman Year Read
  
• Montcalm County, MI 2008 One Book, One County Read
• Michigan State University 2007 Freshmen Year Read
• City of East Lansing, MI 2007 One Book, One Community Read
  
• St. Augustine-St. Johns County Libraries, FL 2007 One Book, One County Read
  
• Tampa-Hillsborough County Libraries, FL 2005 One Book, One County Read
  

ALL-SCHOOL or ALL-CLASS COMMON READS:

• Gulliver Preparatory School, Miami, FL All-Class Read 2009
• Providence School, Jacksonville, FL All-Class Read 2009
• Oveido High School, Oviedo, FL All-Class Read 2009
• Timber Creek High School, Orlando, FL All-Class Read 2009
• The Pingry School, Martinsville, NJ Annual All-Class Read since 2008
  
• High Meadow School, Stone Ridge, NY Upper School All-Class Read 2008
  
• Fairview High School, Fairview, PA Annual All-Class Read since 2008
  
• Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, FL All-School Read 2008
  
• Paul J. Hagerty High School, Oviedo, FL Annual All-Class Read since 2008
  
• South Broward High School, Hollywood, FL All-Class Read 2008
  
• Jones High School, Orlando, FL All-Class Read 2008
  
• Liberty School, Madison, AL Annual All-Class Read since 2008
  
• Rock Ledge High School, Rock Ledge, MI All-School Read 2007
  
• Trinity Preparatory High School, Winter Park, FL Annual All-Class Read since 2007
  
• Lake Mary High School, Lake Mary, FL Annual All-Class Read since 2006
  
• Winter Springs High School, Winter Springs, FL Annual All-Class Read since 2006
  
• Colonial High School, Orlando, FL Annual All-Class Read since 2007
  
• Terrace Community School, Temple Terrace, FL All-School Read 2006
  
• Academy at the Lakes, Land O' Lakes, FL All-School Read 2006

OTHER READS/RECOMMENDS:

• The High Schools of the State of South Carolina, Annual Core Curriculum Read since 2007
  
• Literary Canon (Required & Supplementary Literary Selections) of Gaston County Schools, Gastonia, NC 2009
  
• The High Schools of Manatee County, FL Annual Core Curriculum Read since 2008
  
• The High Schools of Escambia County, FL Annual Core Literacy Read since 2008
• State of Florida Taskforce on African American History, Recommended Secondary Read
• FLORIDA TEEN BOOK MAP PROJECT, Florida Reading Association
• TOP 40 YA TITLES, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association
• District-wide Historical Fiction Reading list for the High Schools of San Dieguito Unified, Encinitas, CA
• HOT PICKS! District-wide Summer Reading list for the High Schools of Broward County, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• 2009 SUMMER READING LISTS: Diamond Fork High School, Spanish Fork, UT; Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park, NY; Huntington High School, Huntington, NY; Princeton High School, Cincinnati, OH; East Hartford High School, East Hartford, CT; Appoquinimink High School, Middletown, DE; Middletown High School, Middletown, DE; Henry W. Grady High School, Atlanta, GA; Freedom High School, Orlando, FL; Edgewater High School, Orlando, FL; Florida Atlantic Technical High School, Coconut Creek, FL; Gainesville High School, Gainesville, FL; Northeast High School, Oakland Park, FL; South Plantation High School, Plantation, FL; St. Augustine High School, St. Augustine, FL; West Orange High School, Winter Garden, FL; Lawton Chiles High School, Tallahassee, FL
• CLASSROOM READS: Tolland High School, Tolland, CT English Honors Read 2008; Timber Creek High School, Orlando, FL AP Read 2008; Pinellas Park High School, Largo, FL Annual Honors Read since 2007; Lawton Chiles High School, Tallahassee, FL Annual AP Read since 2007; Seabreeze High School, Daytona Beach, FL Annual Honors Read since 2007; Fernandina Beach School, Fernandina Beach, FL 2005

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio welcomed Susan and friend Evangeline Moore to the county-wide celebration of Tampa-Hillsborough Reads.

One Book, One Community:
Tampa-Hillsborough County Reads

TAMPA, FL - Mayor Pam Iorio joined the Friends of the Library for the One Book, One Community: Tampa-Hillsborough Reads press conference featuring author Susan Carol McCarthy and Evangeline Moore, daughter of slain Florida civil rights leaders, Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore.

"McCarthy's extraordinary debut novel, Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands, was inspired by real events that took place in the 1950s after her family moved to Florida. This story of courage and compassion will touch the hearts of readers and remind longtime residents of the 1951 double murders of civil rights activist and Florida NAACP leader, Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette," the selection committee said.

McCarthy and her special friend and guest Evangeline Moore, the Moores' only surviving daughter, visited Tampa for a series of One Book, One Community special events and programs.