UNION COUNTY, N.C -- In November, Spectrum News shared a story about a Union County High Schooler who decided to publish a book during the pandemic.
Since then, Thomas McDowell Jr. has sold over 50 copies of his book titled, "The Story Of Issac" In December he gave his first presentation to students at East Union Middle School.
“This is amazing,” he said. “It’s kind of a dream come true in a sense because one of my dreams was that one day this would be in the libraries around the world even though its only one library it’s a start.”
Alecia McClendon is a seventh grade English Language Arts teacher. She read the book over the summer and decided to incorporate it into her lesson plan this semester.
“The book it talks about a lot of issues that some people are not comfortable talking about like racism, social class, and things like that,” she said. “So, right now, kids are really opening up to it. They are being receptive to it and they are sharing their thoughts and ideas.”
McClendon’s students have been able to break down different elements from the book which is something McDowell is excited to see.
“I think a lot of kids really took that in,” he said. “Some people may not like what you do and they may not support what you do. They have a right to do that in a sense but you got to get those people out your life cause you’re never going to succeed in life if you have people holding you back.”
McDowell hopes he can get his book into the hands of more Union County students. Thanks to teachers like Mrs. McClendon, he’s slowly making that happen.
“When teachers are teaching it doesn’t have to be the same book over and over again, year after year,” she said. “It can be a different book because we want to get our kids to read and actually enjoy and become engaged and have a relationship with the book that will hopefully one day change their lives."
McDowell says he’s currently writing a sequel, and he’s working on creating an audio version of his book. You can learn more about his book and purchase a copy here.
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