{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Guest Contributor","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/guest-contributor\/","title":"How innovative learning in Malawi inspired an author","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"krWxRIVfn5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/how-innovative-learning-in-malawi-inspired-an-author\/\">How innovative learning in Malawi inspired an author<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/how-innovative-learning-in-malawi-inspired-an-author\/embed\/#?secret=krWxRIVfn5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;How innovative learning in Malawi inspired an author&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"krWxRIVfn5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"One minute I was in graduate school studying public policy in Massachusetts, and the next minute I was tooling through the bush in Central Africa visiting primary schools where chickens roamed through classrooms, and school roofs blew off in the rain. Laugh with the Moon (Random House, 2012) grew out of the incredibly eye-opening experience I had, in a country where the average life expectancy is now 54 years old. The trip changed my life, and I wanted to share my experience with young people in the United States. &nbsp; Laugh with the Moon follows the journey of Clare Silver, a 13-year-old American girl whose father brings her to Malawi, Africa, because he thinks it will help her heal following the death of her mother. Clare soon finds herself surrounded by children all too familiar by loss, and slowly, they teach her how to grieve and how to cope. Enrolled...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Laugh-Cover.jpg","thumbnail_width":"405","thumbnail_height":"612"}