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State Authors Featured On Annual Reading List

Works by several authors with ties to Illinois are included on the recommended Illinois statewide reading program for 2015.

The Illinois Reading Council on Wednesday named books for everyone from adults to newborn babies. The program is intended to promote reading for people of all ages.

Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football, the Rich Cohen paean to Windy City football at is finest, and Chicago author Scott Turow's Identical are among the six recommendations for adults.

Evanston author Carolyn Crimi's Pugs in a Bug by and John Green's Looking for Alaska are on the lists for younger readers.

The official launch for this year's program will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Westmont High School in Westmont. Several authors whose works are on the list are expected to attend.

Annotated lists of selections for 2015, as well as the previous two years, are available on the Illinois Reading Council website.