📚 Bookmark this: Pennsylvania man reps at National Book Festival

A Black man who penned a powerful memoir about being shot by a Pittsburgh police officer is representing Pennsylvania in August at the National Book Festival.

The big picture: The Library of Congress asks the states and territories to select books showcasing their literary heritage for the annual festival in Washington, D.C.

Zoom in: The Pennsylvania Center for the Book selected "An Unspeakable Hope: Brutality, Forgiveness, and Building a Better Future for My Son," by Leon Ford with Jeffery Renard Allen for its Great Read for Adults.

• Leon's memoir details his pivot toward social activism following the police shooting.
• He was left paralyzed from the waist down just as he became a father.

Plus: Kelly Starling Lyons's "Ty's Travels: Camp-Out" is the children's selection.

• Part of the I Can Read Comics series , the book follows a young child as he has fun on a camping trip despite nonstop rain.

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