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Gulf Breeze Library Read Together, Florida is the state's annual promotion to enhance the love of reading by encouraging entire communities to read a single book. This year's program features The Zero Game by Florida-based author Brad Meltzer. Floridians are encouraged to read the book during the month of October. The book is available for check-out at your local Santa Rosa County Library.

As part of this year's event, Just Read, Florida! is holding an essay contest for high school students. The first-place winner will receive a $5,000 scholarship, second-place will receive $2,500 and third-place will receive $1,000, provided by this year's sponsor, Washington Mutual. Adults can join in a variety of community activities which will include community events at libraries, bookstores, and Starbucks locations. An online crossword puzzle game was developed by the Florida Center for Interactive Media at The Florida State University. Floridians may register online for a drawing to win the grand prize, a weekend trip for a family of four to Washington, DC, the setting for the book. Author Brad Meltzer will serve as the guide for this trip and will lead many of the places described in the book.

About the book:

Matthew Mercer and Harris Sandler are playing a game almost no one knows about - not their friends, not their coworkers,

and certainly not their powerful bosses, who are some of the most influential senators and congressmen on Capitol Hill. It's a game that has everything: risk, reward and the thrill of knowing that - just by being invited to play - you've become a true insider. But behind this game is a secret so explosive, it will shake Washington to its core. And when one player turns up dead, a dedicated young staffer will find himself relying on a tough, idealistic seventeen-year-old Senate page to help keep him alive...as he plays the zero Game to its heart-pounding end.

The promotion is part of the Governor's Family Literacy Initiative, managed by the nonprofit Volunteer Florida Foundation. For more information on Read Together, Florida go to www.volunteerfloridafoundation. org. Visit Brad Meltzer's site online at http://www.bradmeltzer. com/.

The library system includes libraries in Gulf Breeze, Jay, Milton, and Navarre. The Pace Library is under construction with expected opening in early 2007. The library system is a department of the SRC Board of County Commissioners. For further information, contact Linda Hendrix, Santa Rosa County Library System Director at (850) 623-2043. Visit the library website online at http://www.santarosa. fl.gov/ libraries.