Hooked To Books is pleased to invite you to read the five most inspirational essays in our 2019 Scholarship Program, among more than 300 submissions this year. The essays, excellent in writing styles and rich in content, show us not only the power of books, but also the power of the readers. Read and see how books change lives – the readers’, and many others’.
In an effort to nurture students love of books, this year’s 2020 Hooked to Books Scholarship program will be awarding $1,500 in total for tuition.
We’re so young. These are the words that ricochet in my skull as I read Marina Keegan’s graduation speech, received by an audience of fellow Yale graduates just days before a fatal car accident.
Despite my exposure to hundreds of series and novels, none affected me so strongly as The Hunger Games; a trilogy written by Suzanne Collins.
During my junior year of high school, my teacher forced us to read a non-fiction book called, “The Innocent Man,” written by John Grisham. This focused on four wrongful convictions relating to crimes that took place in a small town called Ada in Oklahoma.
In grade ten, I read, “The Spirit Catches you and you Fall Down” written by Anne Fadiman, and my life changed.
While I can’t recollect receiving Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, I do remember that it wasn’t love at first sight for Harry and me.