GLASGOW — Students at Barren County Middle School pose with Dewayne Rice, author of “Shades of Ember” on Tuesday. From left are, Dakota Pennington, Jay Todd Richey, Rice, Clayton Gipson and Cole Beaudrie. The students were featured on the cover of the book and in an insert as the characters in the story.
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