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"ONE BOOK" READING PROMOTION PROJECTSSELECTED LIST BY AUTHORA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZAuthors Beginning with "L"Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of the Maladies* State-wide program (District Of Columbia) 2004 Chicago (Illinois) 2006 (Fall) Namesake Walnut Creek (California) 2006 Whittier (California) 2008 Cambridge (Massachusetts) 2004 Lexington (Massachusetts) 2005 (Fall) Northampton (Massachusetts) 2007 South Orange/Maplewood (New Jersey) 2004 Park City (Utah) 2005 Seattle (Washington) 2007 Danbury (Connecticut) 2008 Laila LalamiHope and Other Dangerous PursuitsRochester (New York) 2008 Lorna Landvik[The works of]Austin (Minnesota) 2007 Alfred LansingEnduranceIndianapolis (Indiana) 2003-04 Williamstown (Massachusetts) 2005 Feb. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage * State-wide program (Alaska) 2004 Bath and Brunswick (Maine) 2004 Easthampton (Massachusetts) 2007 Erik LarsonIsaac's StormAthol (Massachusetts) 2006 - "Reading up a Storm!" Victoria (Texas) 2002 #2 - Devil in the White City Clarendon Hills, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Indian Prairie, Lisle, Thomas Ford, Westmont, and Woodridge (Illinois) 2005 Stoughton (Massachusetts) 2006 Lincoln (Nebraska) 2006 Jeanne LaskasFifty Acres and a PoodleWarren County (Pennsylvania) 2007 David LaskinChildren's BlizzardBradford (Pennsylvania) 2009 Chang-Rae LeeGesture LifeSeattle (Washington) 2003 Aloft Long Island (New York) 2008 Native Speaker Princeton (New Jersey) 2002 * State-wide program (New York) 2002 Gus LeeChina BoySan Francisco (California) 2005 Harper LeeTo Kill a MockingbirdBay Minette (Alabama) 2003 Huntsville (Alabama) 2007 (TBR) West Valley (Arizona) 2007 Bakersfield (California) 2002 March-May Fresno County (California) 2006 Long Beach (California) 2003 Roseville (California) 2005 San Mateo County (California) 2007 Stockton (California) 2002 Colorado Springs (Colorado) 2002 Pueblo (Colorado) 2005 Bridgeport (Connecticut) 2007 New Haven (Connecticut) 2007 Norwalk (Connecticut) 2007 Shelton (Connecticut) 2007 Stamford (Connecticut) 2007 Waterbury (Connecticut) 2007 Brevard County (Florida) 2007 Jacksonville (Florida) 2002 Lee County (Florida) 2006 (spring) - Palm Beach (Florida) 2006 Atlanta (Georgia) 2007 #1 Gwinnett County (Georgia) 2006 (spring) - Chicago (Illinois) 2001 (Fall) Peoria (Illinois) 2007 (TBR) Michigan City (Indiana) 2002 Salem (Indiana) 2004 Valparaiso (Indiana) 2002 April 14 - 20 Vincennes (Indiana) 2004 Davenport (Iowa) 2007 El Dorado (Kansas) 2005 Baton Rouge (Louisiana) 2007 Bath and Brunswick (Maine) 2002 Carroll County (Maryland) 2004 Arlington (Massachusetts) 2007 Canton (Massachusetts) 2006 Falmouth (Massachusetts) 2003 Groton (Massachusetts) 2005 North Attleborough (Massachusetts) 2008 (TBR) Norwell (Massachusetts) 2006 South Hadley (Massachusetts) 2005 Winchester (Massachusetts) 2003 Duluth (Minnesota) 2002 Fergus Falls (Minnesota) 2002 Hastings (Minnesota) 2007 #3 Prior Lake-Savage (Minnesota) 2004-05 (adult) - Starkville (Mississippi) 2007 (TBR) Boone and Callaway Counties (Missouri) 2003 Cape Girardeau (Missouri) 2007 #1 Omaha (Nebraska) 2006 * State-wide program (New Jersey) 2005 (adult) - Central Valley (New York) 2003 Chatham (New York) 2005 Farmingdale (New York) 2002 Schenectady (New York) 2006 Jan. 9-Apr. 8 Forsyth County (North Carolina) 2002 Aug. - Oct. Wayne County (North Carolina) 2004 Western North Carolina (North Carolina) 2007 (TBR) Velva (North Dakota) 2008 Bowling Green (Ohio) 2004 Clermont County (Ohio) 2004 Dayton (Ohio) 2006 Delaware County (Ohio) 2002 July Findlay-Hancock County (Ohio) 2006 Greater Cleveland Area (Ohio) 2002 Jan-Apr Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) 2003 Centre County (Pennsylvania) 2003 Scranton (Pennsylvania) 2002 Johnson City (Tennessee) 2002 Victoria (Texas) 2002 #1 - * State-wide program (Virginia) 2008 (TBR) Fairfax County (Virginia) 2004 Tacoma (Washington) 2002 Feb. Neenah (Wisconsin) 2005 Casper (Wyoming) 2006 Sioux City, Iowa and South Sioux City, Nebraska (* Regional program) 2006 Iola (Kansas) 2009 Winter/Spring William Poy LeeEighth PromiseAnn Arbor (Michigan) 2008 Ursula LeGuinLathe of HeavenEugene - Springfield (Oregon) 2004 Lisa Lenard-CookDissonanceDurango-La Plata County (Colorado) 2004 Aldo LeopoldSand County AlmanacErie (Pennsylvania) 2008 John LescroartSuspectSacramento (California) 2007 Billie LettsWhere the Heart IsGlastonbury (Connecticut) 2002 Middletown (Connecticut) 2008 Gail Carson LevineDave At NightLibertyville (Illinois) 2007 (youngsters) C. S. LewisLion, the Witch and the WardrobeBoise (Idaho) 2006 (middle readers) - Boerne and Comfort (Texas) 2005 Michael LewisBlind SideBrookline (Massachusetts) 2008 William Henry LewisI Got Somebody in StauntonRichmond (Chesterfield, Hanover, and Henrico) (Virginia) 2006-07 Jack LondonCall of the WildSonoma County (California) 2003 White Fang San Leandro (California) 2006 Melinda LongHow I Became a PirateBoise (Idaho) 2007 (young readers) - Steve LopezSoloistCincinnati (Ohio) 2009 (adult)- Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) 2009 Marybeth LorbieckiPlanet PatrolHastings (Minnesota) 2008 (elementary) - Lois LowryGiverMiddletown (Connecticut) 2003 Westport (Connecticut) 2002 Batavia (Illinois) 2006 Bloomington-Normal (Illinois) 2003 Valparaiso (Indiana) 2003 April Groton (Massachusetts) 2006 Holden (Massachusetts) 2006 Southwest Michigan (Michigan) 2003 Rochester (Minnesota) 2005 (adult) - Central Valley (New York) 2002 Centre County (Pennsylvania) 2004 Loudoun County (Virginia) 2006 La Crosse (Wisconsin) 2002 Waukesha (Wisconsin) 2002 David LubarHidden TalentsHaddam and Killingworth (Connecticut) 2007 (fiction) Mike LupicaTravel TeamRonan (Montana) 2005-06 Farmingdale (New York) 2006 Jim LynchHighest TideSanta Monica (California) 2008 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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