SLJ Blogger's Personal Call for Action after Parkland Shooting

"Teen Librarian Toolbox" blogger Heather Booth shared her personal high school tragedy to move people to action after the Parkland shooting.
As the country reeled once again from a deadly school shooting, SLJ's "Teen Librarian Toolbox" blogger and occasional SLJ contributor Heather Booth joined those who took to Twitter to share their thoughts. But the Illinois 2015 YA Librarian of the Year had a personal experience to share in a powerful 12-tweet thread that garnered more than 50,000 retweets, including one from comedian and actor Patton Oswalt, who wrote, "This thread is amazing. Please read it. Think about what we’re putting our kids through, and what we’re teaching them about accountability and reality."                             Click here to read the full thread:  

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