NL READ is modeled after the American Library Association READ campaign. It seeks to promote reading and the use of library services. The campaign started in June 2008 and will continue into mid-2010. Award wining photojournalist Jane Feldman photographed the campaign.
The following are the names of these student athletes, in alphabetical order, along with the name and author of the book they are reading: Daniel Benson, Dragon Flight – Anne McCaffrey, Patrick Bartlett, Timeline – Michael Crichton, Gary Bingham, The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ben Burgess, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes – Bill Watterson and Charles M. Schultz, Travis Carr, Five People You’ll Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom, Ben Cassavaugh, Lincoln:The Decision for War – Russell McClintock, Harlan Copeland, Outrageous – Christina Dodd, Chris Evans, Whitetail Strategies – Peter Fiduccia, Matt Evans The World is Flat – Thomas L. Friedman, Todd Ferguson, Faithful – Stewart O’Nan and Stephen King, Michael Gavrity, The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald, Connor Hogan, I am America and So Can You – Stephen Colbert, Corey Houston, The Road – Cormac McCarthy, Thomas Laier, Hamlet – William Shakespeare, Kyle McHugh, Prey – Michael Crichton, Bryan Potter, The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald, Aaron Stall, America’s Fascinating Indian Heritage – James A. Maxwell, Ben Tavares, The DaVinci Code – Dan Brown and Garrett White, Without Remorse – Tom Clancy.