Acclaimed Author to Visit Plaza Park
Monday, November 2
9:30 a.m.
Plaza Park International Prep Academy, 7301 Lincoln Ave.
Acclaimed Author Vince Vawter will visit Plaza Park International Prep Academy Monday morning to talk about his book, Paperboy. Vawter will speak with students for about 20 minutes, then take questions.
Vawter, former president and publisher of the Evansville Courier and Press, received a Newbery Medal for the book in 2014. (Paperboy was one of only 4 novels selected as Newbery Honors Books in 2014.) The book is a semi-autobiographical novel set in Memphis during the summer of 1959. In the story, Victor, a young boy, takes over a friend’s newspaper delivery route for the summer. Victor, who stutters, finds himself alone much of the time, apart of friends. The book goes through how Victor grows and learns more about life during that summer.
The visit comes after teachers Cathy Voelker and Kaitie Ely received a grant from the Public Education Foundation to bring Vawter to the school after their seventh grade students read the book.
