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Students to release historical fiction stories at Decatur Book Festival

By Mark Niesse
Aug 29, 2013

A student-written book of historical fiction about seminal moments in civil rights history is being released Saturday at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival.

The book, “Into Bright Tomorrows,” compiles short stories from students at KIPP Strive Academy, which collaborated with local authors and The Wren’s Nest on the project.

This is the fourth year in which students have brainstormed, written, edited and published a book of stories, which will be on sale for $10.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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