Students Skype with best-selling authors
SUN PHOTO BY MERAB-MICHAL FAVORITE
Charlotte High School junior Anayet Giovanniello, 16, calls out the name of a student who won a drawing for one of Dave Pelzer's books during a Skyping session with the author. Pelzer is seen on the screen in the back of the room.
PUNTA GORDA —When Tara Cain called the agent of best-selling author Max Brooks and asked if he would be available to Skype with students at Charlotte High School, he said, “Lady, you can’t afford Max Brooks.”
Cain, the librarian at the CHS media center, pressed further.