Imprint Project

2025 Program Resources
Watch a recording of this year's orientation (18min)
View orientation slides
View volunteer guide

This popular program is organized by the YLS Service to the Public Committee and connects Parkrose High School students with attorneys and judges in their community.

Beginning in January, each student in the participating classes will be paired with a volunteer, and both will be assigned to read the same novel over a two to three-month period. The pen pals then exchange a series of letters by mail, discussing their lives and interests, as well as the book.

There is an opportunity for the student and volunteer to meet during the program-end celebration held at the school on May 9.

2025 Imprint Project Book List

Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A., by Luis J. Rodriguez
Black Boy White School, by Brian F. Walker
Borderless, by Jennifer De Leon
Carrie, by Stephen King
I'll Give You the Sun, by Jandy Nelson
If I Was Your Girl, by Meredith Russo
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel, written by Jason Reynolds and with artwork by Danica Novgordoff
Sanctuary, by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Alchemist, by Paulo Chelho
The Last Leaves Falling, by Sarah Benwell
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens