# Great Reads from Great Places: Central II (Books for Teens)

Introduction by Michael Pearce, director of the Alabama Center for the Book, and featuring Charles Waters and Irene Latham, author of "African Town" (chosen by Alabama Center for the Book); Ayana Gray, author of "Beasts of Prey" (chosen by Arkansas Center for the Book); Andrea Davis Pinkney, author of "Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Tell It" (chosen by Mississippi Center for the Book); and Julia Watts, author of "Needlework" (chosen by Tennessee Center for the Book). The featured authors discuss their books, the states that selected them, and how "Books Bring Us Together."

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2022
- By: Library Of Congress
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698143/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2024698143?play=1)