Landisville Middle School welcomed visiting writer Sharon G. Flake on March 12. Flake is the author of "The Skin I'm In," "Money Hungry," "Begging for Change," "Bang," "Pinned," "You Don't Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys," the short story collection "Who Am I Without Him?" and other works.
At Landisville Middle School, Flake led two small writing workshops and spoke at an all-school assembly. Flake led workshop participants through a creative writing exercise and gave feedback to the students. During the assembly, she shared her experiences as a professional writer and addressed issues of bullying that are woven through her debut nobel, "The Skin I'm In."
The book received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent and the YWCA Racial Justice Award and was named a New York Public Library Top Ten Book for the Teen Age and one of the Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year. Flake's second novel, "Money Hungry," received the Coretta Scott King Award, was named a Carolyn Field Honor Book, and received other accolades. Flake was born in Philadelphia and lives in Pittsburgh.
Flake's visit to Landisville Middle School was funded by a grant from the Hempfield Education Foundation.
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