{"id":3898,"date":"2021-12-19T23:35:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T23:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennielsen.com\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2021-12-19T23:42:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T23:42:33","slug":"words-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/archives\/3898","title":{"rendered":"WORDS ON FIRE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Congratulations to the winners of Ascendance series books! They are: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kateri *** Jaron Y *** Alita M *** Julie *** Deborah<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But…let’s chat about WORDS ON FIRE.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some of you may have heard my sob story about kindergarten. If not, it goes like this.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to an older brother of mine, I started kindergarten able to read. Back in the ancient days of kindergarten, that was a time for kids to learn their ABC’s, not to learn reading. So I thought it was pretty cool when I could already read.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Me, Age 5. Also, what was wrong with my bangs?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, my kindergarten teacher disagreed, and asked me not to read that year so that I wouldn’t learn to read “wrong.” I had no idea what it meant to read wrong. I knew the words, I knew what they said, but all she wanted was for me to look at the pictures.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five-year-old me was angry. So I did the worst thing a kindergarten student could do: I disobeyed my teacher. I became a sneak reader. I would pretend to look at the pictures, but secretly, I was reading every single word on the page. The ultimate rebellion, right?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WORDS ON FIRE is the story of Audra Zikaris, a Lithuanian girl who lives during the late 1800s when the Russian Empire had banned all Lithuanian language books and newspapers. Thus rose up the book smugglers; people who risked their lives to get books into the hands of their own people. As Audra is drawn into their world, she discovers just how powerful a single book can be.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a fan made trailer for WORDS ON FIRE created by Darius Razgaitis and his two adorable. I hope you will love it!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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