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This is it, people! READ's final issue ofthe 2008- 2009 school year is themed "Our Beautiful World." This literary celebration and appreciation of nature is a great way to welcome the warm summer weather.

Our Center Stage play, FLUSH, is an adventurous story of one environmentally conscious family. Adapted by Jeff Ives from Carl Hiaasen's novel of the same name, this play follows the lives of Noah and Abbey as they take on their father's mission to take down a polluting casino boat.

We are delighted to feature an essay from the brilliant wilderness-loving author Barbara Kingsolver.  In "Knowing Our Place,"  the author reflects on her relationship to modern manmade society, and nature's influence on her writing.

"Late Spring, Old Forge" by Alessandre Lessard-Pilon details a young man's journey out of his comfortable home in New York City and into the Adirondack Mountains.

Our LSI falls right in with the nature theme with an excerpt from the famous Transcendental writer Henry David Thoreau.

To celebrate the end of the school year and the world around us, our Writing section happily presents the winers of our annual student essay contest. This year's topic, "Favorite Places, Special Spaces," brought many great entries. Our four winners are featured in this issue. Congratulations to them!

Thanks again for your involvement with READ this year! We can't wait to show you what we've got up our sleeves for September. If you have any comments, questions, concerns, or if you just want to say hello, you can write to us at read@weeklyreader.com. And don't forget to check out our literary blog, WORD, at www.readandwriting.com.

Sincerely,

The Editors of READ