If all of eastern Connecticut were to read one book, which would it be?

Librarians, educators and community members gather each year with that simple assignment – pick one book that 500,000 or so people who live east of the Connecticut River can read and talk about.

2013 ~

Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal: a novel by Conor Grennan

During a round-the-world trip, Conor volunteered in the Little Princes Children’s Home in Nepal.  When he learned that the children in the home were not orphans, but were in fact trafficked, he moved to Kathmandu and started Next Generation Nepal, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reconnecting trafficked children with their families.

Meet Conor Grennan, author of Little Princes.

Conor Grennan comes back in September at Fitch High School More details coming soon.

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A Look at the history of the One Book Program in our Region:

2013 Little Princes

2012 Caleb’s Crossing

2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2010 A Pearl in the Storm

2009 City of Thieves

2008 Life is So Good

2007 Across a Hundred Mountains

2006 True Story of Hansel and Gretel

2005 Mountains Beyond Mountains

2004 Kite Runner

2003 Fahrenheit 451

2002 Snow in August

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