{"id":4124,"date":"2015-05-07T16:31:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T20:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.old.caraghobrien.com\/book\/?p=4124"},"modified":"2015-05-07T16:47:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T20:47:19","slug":"getting-locked-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/miscellaneous\/getting-locked-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Locked In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/logo-with-text-450x583.jpg\" alt=\"logo with text\" width=\"220\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/logo-with-text-450x583.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/logo-with-text-300x388.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/logo-with-text-250x324.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/logo-with-text-900x1165.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/logo-with-text.jpg 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/>I\u2019m psyched. Tomorrow night, I\u2019m getting locked in the gym at <a href=\"http:\/\/whs.windham.k12.ct.us\" target=\"_blank\">Windham High School<\/a> with a hundred students for the 4th annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norwichbulletin.com\/article\/20150507\/NEWS\/150509605\/10414\/NEWS?rssfeed=true\" target=\"_blank\">Lock-In for Literacy and Culture<\/a>. I\u2019ve been looking forward to this since I was first invited to attend last fall. Senior Rebecca Bowling asked me personally when we met at the <a href=\"http:\/\/bookfair.uconn.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Connecticut\u00a0Children&#8217;s Book Fair<\/a>, and she was impressively poised and earnest. What most appealed to me was the way the lock-in was organized by the students, for the students. It\u2019s geared to celebrate reading, writing, and community, and the whole spirit of it is unbelievably positive and happy.<\/p>\n<p>My fellow author for the event is <a href=\"http:\/\/iamjasonreynolds.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Reynolds<\/a>, award-winning author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/17428880-when-i-was-the-greatest?from_search=true&amp;search_version=service\" target=\"_blank\">When I was the Greatest<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/21490991-the-boy-in-the-black-suit?from_search=true&amp;search_version=service\" target=\"_blank\">The Boy in the Black Suit<\/a>. I met him when we were on a panel together in January, and besides admiring his writing, I appreciated how thoughtful and down-to-earth he was. The lock-in will give us a chance to share our different perspectives, and I\u2019m eager to meet up with him again.<\/p>\n<p>Students will be locked in from 7 tomorrow night until 7 Saturday morning. They each read a book by Jason or me in order to attend the event, and they\u2019re coming ready to talk books, write a bit, and celebrate, as in dance and get crafty. It\u2019s the coolest idea. I&#8217;m so honored to be involved.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for me tomorrow night, check the gym!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m psyched. Tomorrow night, I\u2019m getting locked in the gym at Windham High School with a hundred students for the 4th annual Lock-In for Literacy and Culture. I\u2019ve been looking forward to this since I was first invited to attend last fall. Senior Rebecca Bowling asked me personally when we met at the Connecticut\u00a0Children&#8217;s Book [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4124"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4136,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124\/revisions\/4136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}