Guest Author Todd Strasser to Visit Athens Academy
Guest author Todd Strasser will visit Athens Academy on Friday, March 28. Mr. Strasser is the author of numerous books for middle school and teen readers, including Can't Get There from Here, Give a Boy a Gun, The Wave, and the popular Help, I'm Trapped and Here Comes Heavenly series, among many others. His books have received awards from the American Library Association and the International Reading Association, and as well as many state book awards. Boot Camp, a 2007 novel about a fifteen-year-old boy sent by his parents to a disciplinary boot camp, has just been nominated for the Georgia Peach Book Award.
The public is invited to hear Strasser speak at the Middle School assembly from 8:15-9:00 a.m. and the Upper School assembly from 10:05-10:50 a.m. Both assemblies will be conducted in the Presentation Hall of the Bertelsmann Building. Mr. Strasser will also be available to answer questions and sign books until noon. For more information, please call 706-549-9225.