Reidsville, NC (PressExposure) October 10, 2011 -- Cathleen Cartwright
Public Relations Assistant
Leap Books
717-497-0632
cathleencartwright@leapbks.com
http://www.leapbks.com
One in four women experience some form of domestic violence in their lifetime. Three women are killed by their significant others every day in the United States alone. The statistics are frightening and, although society has come a long way in breaking decades of silence about domestic violence, there is a pressing need for greater awareness of crimes against abuse victims, and Leap Books wants to help.
In conjunction with the TellNOW initiative supported by Glamour magazine and the Avon Foundation for Women, Leap Books will be donating 20% of all sales from its new release, For the Love of Strangers, to support the 2011 Domestic Violence Awareness Project. Written by award-winning author Jacqueline Horsfall, For the Love of Strangers is a thrilling tale about 16-year-old Darya and her family's efforts to shelter victims of domestic abuse. Horsfall worked for years as the director of a women's center and a county crisis referral center. The female characters in her stories mirror the trials of real women in real situations.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Leap Books is striving to end domestic abuse. If you or someone you know is in danger, please call 911 or the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.
Leap Books is also offering free copies of For the Love of Strangers to area shelters along with a booklist of resources for teens and a copy of "Libby's Lament," a frameable poem about life through the eyes of a domestic violence victim. Requests for free materials or more information may be sent to info@leapbks.com. ###
For additional information or to schedule an interview with Jacqueline Horsfall, contact:
Cathleen Cartwright
cathleencartwright@leapbks.com
http://www.leapbks.com
Teen booklist and a copy of "Libby's Lament" available to media on request
Company History: Leap Books is a publisher of teen and tween novels. Their mission is to produce quality novels with stories that leap off the page, engage readers, and change the way teens and tweens read. Leap Books draws in both avid and reluctant readers with an added level of graphic interaction. Their goal is to produce stories that live on long after the books' covers have been closed. Leap Books' motto is: "Don't just read a book. Have an adventure in one".