Essay Contest – 2014

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Students were invited to write an essay and win lunch with the author and a Barnes & Noble gift certificate. All GCC students participating in A Tale for Three Counties were eligible to enter.Laurie Bush, author Karen Thompson Walker and Kelly Schubert

Students were asked to select one of the following questions for their essay:

  • The slowing affects the whole planet, but the book is set in southern California. How would events have been different if the story was set in Western New York?
  • Which character did you like the most? Which did you dislike? Why?.
  • Discuss who you identify more with: the clock-timers or the real-timers. Which would you be and why?

First place winner: Kelly Schubert

Second place winner: Laurie Bush

Read both their essays here

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