Day Two of Medina Hill Blog Tour: Where is Trilby Kent Today?

I just got back from doing my last school reading for 2008. I visited a wonderful school in Guelph called Kortright Hills Public School. Many thanks to Kathy Gossling-Spears for organizing my visit. I spoke to the grade 7’s and 8’s and talked primarily about my book, The Underground Reporters. The book is about a group of young Jewish boys and girls who created a newspaper in their home town in the former Czechoslovakia at a time when all of their freedoms and privileges had been taken away from them. The theme of the book, writing as a form of resistance or using words in a powerful way, is a perfect topic for thirteen and fourteen year olds who strive to assert their views to adults and others.