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VAASL 2024 Annual Conference
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                                                                                       Telling Our Story through an incredible program of sessions and events.

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Finding Story in VA's Hidden History (and Helping Students Love Research)
Friday November 8, 2024 12:00pm - 12:45pm EST
Piedmont C
A cataclysmic Depression-era drought that devastated Virginia farms. Steely horsewomen. Penny auctions. Rainmakers. The Bonus Army. Author L. M. Elliott - winner of the Scott O’Dell Award (2024) and VLA’s Cardinal Cup (2023) - shares stunning, forgotten history from her O’Dell-winning BEA AND THE NEW DEAL HORSE and its research treasure hunt.
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Laura Elliott

YA/MG historical fiction author, self
L. M. Elliott was a Washington, D.C. magazine journalist for 20 years before becoming a New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen historical and biographical fictions. Her YA/MG novels have won the Scott O'Dell, VLA Cardinal Cup, and Grateful American Book Prize for historical... Read More →
Friday November 8, 2024 12:00pm - 12:45pm EST
Piedmont C
  Instruction   Literature

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