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Changing the world one page at a time...

That's the vision of a spunky new press that publishes the creative nonfiction of new authors in their twenties and late teens, with a focus on those people and those stories not well represented in mainstream publishing.

Word Warriors Press is unique in other ways, too. It hires people in this age group for its production process--everything from proofing and graphics to typesetting and web design. With the goal of giving venue to young visual artists, every book also includes pen and ink drawings.

This new press, founded by a former alternative school English teacher, just released its first edgy trade paperback: Yesterday's Warrior by Heather Harrison. In a memoir both heartbreaking and disturbing, Harrison gives us the account of her teenage years with grit and unflinching honesty. A gifted girl expelled from school at fourteen, Harrison is alienated from her family and friends, struggling with addiction, street living, the dispassionate reality of government institutions, and puzzling psychological events. On her own, the world becomes her battlefield and this memoir is her brutally candid account of how she came to survive.

Several teens have said that this was the first book they had EVER read cover to cover in their lives. Others have said that everyone in high school/college/recovery/the mental health field should be required to read this book.

So please "check it out," and help both a socially worthy, struggling new press and your library patrons as well. Librarians can order through Baker and Taylor (ISBN: 0-9746940-0-2) or can receive 15% off the cover price of $14.95 by ordering through the press website at: www.wordwarriorspress.com.

Seriously, progressive librarians everywhere will want this book! This press picks up where Front Street and Push stop, allowing young people to voice the uncensored stories of their real lives.