PERRYSBURG – Nora Raleigh Baskin, author of "Anything But Typical," will be the featured guest
at a dinner on Wednesday at Belmont Country Club. The theme for the evening will be "Exploring
Autism: A Journey of Creation." Baskin will discuss her research and the personal journey she took
in order to write in the first person voice of an autistic 12-year-old boy.
Tickets are $35. Cash bar starts at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:30. Call (419) 874-3455 for reservations.
This summer, Perrysburg Junior High School students and staff all read the book "Anything but
Typical" for the first PJH Reads Summer Reading Project.
"We are so excited to have Nora work with our junior high students," stated Kadee Anstadt,
director of Teaching and Learning. "She will spend two days in our Language Arts classrooms.
Students have already read the book as our first summer read. Next week students will be exploring
autism in their Academic Options period each day."
For more information about Baskin, visit www.norabaskin.com.
