In an effort to foster a sense of community through reading, area organizations joined in partnership in 2002 to establish On the Same Page, a citywide reading project. Since that time, thousands of people from around the Tristate came together to read A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest Gaines), Savage Inequalities (Jonathan Kozol), Marika (Andrea Cheng), Crossing the River (Caryl Phillips), and Hush (Jacquelyn Woodson). We are pleased to announce that The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, a book for middle school readers, will be the two novels featured in 2005.
On the Same Page mission:
To promote reading and community dialogue.
The Kite Runner selection team:
- Sandy Bolek
- Website Coordinator
- Denis Daly
- Reference Librarian, History and Genealogy Department
- Teresa Kopp
- Library Services Assistant, Westwood Branch
- Annette Meurer
- Marketing & PR Manager, Joseph-Beth Booksellers
- Linda Miltner
- Library Media Specialist, Oak Hills Local School District, Retired
- Kathy Reick
- Manager, Hyde Park Branch
- Holbrook Sample
- Manager, Greenhills Branch
Among the Hidden selection team:
- Carrie Conlin
- Teen Librarian, Fiction & Young Adults Department
- Daryl Elliott
- Library Services Assistant, Circulation Services Department
- Sarah Schellenger
- Manager, Northside Branch
- Lorie Bonapfel
- Children’s Librarian, Reading Branch
- Future Vincent-Hicks
- Librarian, Academy of World Languages
- Colleen Wood
- Children’s Librarian, Covedale Branch
The following criteria were taken into consideration by the selection teams when evaluating the titles:
- Supports the On the Same Page mission
- Appeals to wide range of readers
- Work of fiction or nonfiction that reads like fiction
- Moderate length
- Available in multiple formats
If your organization would like to host a book discussion group, obtain marketing material, or be involved in On the Same Page, please contact Laura Dell by phone (513-369-6944) or email. We look forward to working with you on this exciting citywide reading project!
Listen (RealPlayer required) to Anne Thompson (of WVXU) interview Margaret Peterson Haddix and talk with library representatives about On the Same Page.