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| 826CHI Compendium Vol. I |
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| This inaugural volume highlights student writing created during 826CHI’s diverse programming. This collection of varying literary genres includes writing from more than 50 individual students ---kindergartners through recent high school graduates----and the group work of 10 classes. Overseeing the production was 826CHI’s Student Editorial Board, who reviewed student work, selected pieces and offered creative input for the overall look and the organization of the publication. |
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| Right in Front of Us |
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| Ninth graders at a Chicago high school wrote this powerful collection of personal essays about their lives. In the foreword, author Alex Kotlowitz (There Are No Children Here) writes: “These tales will surprise you. They take twists and turns that are unexpected, that are jarring, that feel, well, so real. You’ll sense these kids’ defiance, their hurt, their exuberance, their yearning to be heard.” |
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| My World |
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| 826CHI unleashed ten ambitious middle and high schoolers on the city of Chicago with their own digital cameras and an assignment to document "their world." Under the guidance and support of National Geographic contract photographer Mike Hettwer, they learned the basics of composition, contrast, layering, and how to get a dentist to let you photograph him. The students then set to writing captions and stories to accompany their amazing photographs. |
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Thanks and have fun Running the Country:
Kids letters to Obama |
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| A few days after the election of Barack Obama, 826 students around the country were asked to provide advice and guidance to their new President. In this collection, arriving at inauguration time, there's loads of advice for President Obama, often hilarious, sometimes heartfelt and occasionally downright practical. Kids from all over the country reach out to the 44th President, speaking to the issues closest to their hearts, relating their life stories, and asking for help. Topics include the economy, education, war, global warming, race relations in America and immigration. The book also includes letters about snow cones, puppies, microwavable burritos, dinosaur projects, multiplication and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, reportedly haunting a White House bedroom. |
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| Essentially Odd |
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| Essentially Odd features more than 150 pages of color photos of each 826 chapter’s storefronts and products, along with notes and commentary from the product designers. You’ll get a good peak at San Francisco’s Pirate Store, Seattle’s Greenwood Space Travel Supply Company, The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company, LA’s The Echo Park Time Travel Mart, Michigan’s Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair Shop, Boston’s Bigfoot Research Institute and, if you’re deemed trustworthy, a brief glimpse at a certain secret agent supply shop in Chicago. |
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| The New Kings of Nonfiction |
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| Ira Glass edited this collection of nonfiction pieces by authors such as Malcolm Gladwell, Churck Klosterman and Susan Orlean. Agent Glass also donated all his proceeds from this book to 826CHI. |
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