One high school senior can win $5,000 toward the college of their choice and the participating school will receive 25 Penguin books.
Entering is easy. Encourage your students to write an essay based on Out of the Easy referencing the following quote from Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield. How does this quote relate to the journey of the characters in Out of the Easy and also to your personal journey as you prepare for college?“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.” — Charles Dickens
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From The New York Times (Editor’s Choice): “Sepetys writes with rawness and palpable unease…the stakes are momentous.”
It’s 1950 and the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets.
Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie
Moraine wants more out of life than the Big Easy has to offer. She
devises a plan get out, but a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves
Josie tangled in an investigation that will challenge her allegiance to
her mother, her conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on
Conti Street.
Josie is caught between the dream of an elite college and a clandestine underworld. New Orleans lures her in her quest for truth, dangling temptation at every turn, and escalating to the ultimate test.
With characters as captivating as those in her internationally bestselling novel Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys skillfully creates a rich story of secrets, lies, and the haunting reminder that decisions can shape our destiny.Josie is caught between the dream of an elite college and a clandestine underworld. New Orleans lures her in her quest for truth, dangling temptation at every turn, and escalating to the ultimate test.
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Contest is open to all high school seniors.
No purchase necessary Open to 12th grade full-time
matriculated students who are attending high schools located in the
fifty United States, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories and
possessions, or home-schooled students between the ages of 17-18 who are
residents of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia and U.S.
territories and possessions.
SUBMISSIONS Please be sure to see full details and complete Official Rules HERE.
Essays must be exactly three double-spaced pages, single or double sided pages, in 12-point Time Roman with one-inch margins all around.
Essays must be submitted by entrant’s English teacher, school librarian, guidance counselor or other college application mentor. Home-schooled students must submit their entries through their parent or legal guardian.
Uploaded entries must be received no later than May 31, 2013, 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time.
Entries may also be mailed to:
Penguin Young Readers Group
School and Library Marketing
345 Hudson Street
New York, New York 10014
Attn.: Out of the Easy College Scholarship Essay Contest
Mailed entries must be postmarked no later than May 24, 2013, and received on or by May 30, 2013.
Winners will be selected on or about July 15, 2013. Void where prohibited by law.
PRIZES One winner will receive a check in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars to be used toward winner’s college tuition made payable to the college/university that the winner will be attending (ARV = $5,000.00). The winner’s teacher or parent/legal guardian (in the case of a home-schooled winner) will receive their choice of a library of twenty-five (25) Penguin Classics for their school or local public library (ARV = $xxx.xx).
SUBMISSIONS Please be sure to see full details and complete Official Rules HERE.
Essays must be exactly three double-spaced pages, single or double sided pages, in 12-point Time Roman with one-inch margins all around.
Essays must be submitted by entrant’s English teacher, school librarian, guidance counselor or other college application mentor. Home-schooled students must submit their entries through their parent or legal guardian.
Uploaded entries must be received no later than May 31, 2013, 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time.
Entries may also be mailed to:
Penguin Young Readers Group
School and Library Marketing
345 Hudson Street
New York, New York 10014
Attn.: Out of the Easy College Scholarship Essay Contest
Mailed entries must be postmarked no later than May 24, 2013, and received on or by May 30, 2013.
Winners will be selected on or about July 15, 2013. Void where prohibited by law.
PRIZES One winner will receive a check in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars to be used toward winner’s college tuition made payable to the college/university that the winner will be attending (ARV = $5,000.00). The winner’s teacher or parent/legal guardian (in the case of a home-schooled winner) will receive their choice of a library of twenty-five (25) Penguin Classics for their school or local public library (ARV = $xxx.xx).
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School Library Journal called Out of the Easy “a Dickensian array of characters; the mystique, ambience, and language of the French Quarter; a suspenseful, action-packed story. With dramatic and contextual flair, Sepetys introduces teens to another memorable heroine.”
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