![]() ![]() Wallace began forging his relationship with Lincoln Park in 2018, when he accepted an invitation to attend the performing arts center's production of "Big Fish," the stage show adapted from the Tim Burton movie starring Ewan McGregor that had originated from Wallace's 1998 debut novel. "But (the students) kept it going, which made me very happy," he said. ![]() Speaking by phone last Thursday from his North Carolina home, Wallace said he had worried the collaboration with students would fall through once the COVID pandemic hit and Lincoln Park, like other schools, reverted to home-school video instruction. So, this release is kind of special, even beyond working with an author of his stature." ![]() "Our kids have been working on this book for three years: It got interrupted by the pandemic, but Wallace has stayed with us. "The book is being published by BatCat Press ― still the only high school student-run press in the country," Leroy said. ![]()
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