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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contact: Elke Bruton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Oregon Center for the Book Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 971-375-3509<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:312.85pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">May 31, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Salem, Ore -</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> The Oregon<b>
</b>Center for the Book has selected three books for 2023 as being representative of Oregon’s local literary heritage. The titles chosen are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Children’s/Middle Grade Title:
<i>Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence</i> by Sonja Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Young Adult Title:
<i>Little Monarchs</i> by Jonathan Case<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Adult Title:
<i>The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Suicide</i> by Anita Hannig<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">During the 2023 National Book Festival, on Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Washington Convention Center, representatives from the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and Northern Marianas will staff tables to promote their book selections and other literary works reflective of their unique locations. The area at the convention center where the 56 tables will be
assembled is called the Roadmap to Reading. This activity has been a part of the festival since 2002.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Oregon Center for the Book is one of 56 Affiliates of the Library of Congress and its Center for the Book and is the first Talking Book and Braille Library in
the nation to serve in this role. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress is a community of 56 Affiliated Centers, promoting reading, libraries and literacy through the Library of Congress
and its Affiliated Centers across the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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