Project LIT BHS

Photo by Madalynn Owens

Nic Stone says, “My message to y’all is to get out there and keep pushing.”

Story by Madalynn Owens, Yearbook Editor

  • Nic Stone talks to Project LIT BHS about her overall message of Dear Martin. Stone said, “Things have got to change! Stir it up and make people uncomfortable with how things are because it’s the only way things will change.”

  • Mr. Soden talks with students and professors from Westminster College in Fulton, MO who also read Dear Martin and attended the book club meeting.

  • Danny Ayers introduces author Nic Stone by telling Project LIT BHS about his relationship with the novel. Ayers said, “I remember I got to that ONE part of the novel, you know which part, and I was sitting in class, it was so silent in class and I just yelled out ‘What the freak, bro!'”.

  • DC yells with glee as his team correctly answers trivia questions about the book.

  • Imani Mitchell excitedly listens to Nic Stone talk about her inspiration for writing Dear Martin

  • Aya Bellaoui introduces a trivia game about Dear Martin.

  • Zay Wilson talks to his book group about how Dear Martin impacted his love for reading.

  • Atiyah Allen and Zay Wilson talk to Nic Stone about her high school days and her inspiration to be a writer.

  • Morgan Wyrick, Project LIT Ambassador, leads her book group in a discussion.

  • Nic Stone says, “My message to y’all is to get out there and keep pushing.”

  • Rickeah Henderson intently listens to Danny Ayers introduction to Nic Stone.

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AVID 10 welcomed author Nic Stone to Battle High School on Thursday, February 22 to talk about her book, Dear Martin. Many AVID 10 members took a leadership role with the help of AVID 10 teacher Lynn Hagen to organize and put on the 3 Project LIT book club meetings throughout the day.