Author Takes Advice from Educators - Rewrites "The Prize: A Novel About Bullies and Victims" for Younger Readers
The Middle School Edition of "The Prize: A Novel About Bullies and Victims" (by M. LaCourt) has been approved by educators. The new version is appropriate for younger readers without sacrificing the integrity of the original.
(PRWEB) February 5, 2005 -- Overwhelming educator interest in the The Prize
inspired M. LaCourt to make this insightful and thought provoking novel more
reader friendly for young students. American Book Publishing is pleased to
announce the release of the Middle School Edition. The first has been widely
commended as appropriate for grades nine through twelve, and with changes in
language and sexual references, educators for grades six through eight have
applauded the new publication.
"Mission accomplished! The Middle School
Edition of THE PRIZE is appropriate for younger readers without sacrificing the
integrity of the original." (Dianne D. Austin-Gram, teacher at Koscuiszko Middle
School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.)
Koscuiszko hosted the pilot study created
by Lacourt and colleagues for the Live and Let Live Bully Prevention Program
upon which the novel is based.
The Book: Sydney Schuster was an easy target growing up
and the bullies beat him daily. Now, he’s a millionaire with bullies for sons.
He is willing to accept fate (albeit with bitterness,) but an opportunity
arises. Syd’s former tormentor, now a priest, hits him up for money to save his
school. Syd hits back with an offer the priest cannot refuse.
With Syd’s
financial backing, Father John will run a new boarding school for ten inner-city
teenagers. But the kids aren’t just there to study. They’re the guinea pigs in a
social experiment. The mission is to break the bully/victim cycle, without
breaking a few simple rules. If they succeed, they win five million dollars,
half a million per student. But if even one rule is broken, no one gets a cent.
By the end of the school year, few rules remain intact. The question is, how
much will the judges find out? And how much will they tolerate?
The
Author: After the publishing the first edition of The Prize, Ms. LaCourt gave up
her twenty-five year practice as a marriage and family therapist to write full
time. She has written a number of articles and training manuals as a mental
health professional and now writes a biweekly column, Through My Eyes, for a
community newspaper serving twenty-three Milwaukee area suburbs. Her second
novel, The Almost Brother, will be released soon.
The Prize: A Novel
about Bullies and Victims *Middle School Edition*
By M. LaCourt - American
Book Publishing - January 2005 –
http://www.pdbookstore.com/comfiles/pages/MarilynLaCourt3.shtml
Trade
book/pp290/5"x8"/$12.95 Distributed by Baker and Taylor ISBN:
1-58982-256-0
For autographed copies http://www.lacourt-m.com Author is available by phone:
262-797-9857 or snail mail – PO Box 597, Elm Grove, WI 53122-0598
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