VT HCR042

Vermont General Assembly honors Kenneth M. Cadow of Norwich, who serves as co-principal at Oxbow Union High School in Bradford

Cadow published his first young adult novel, Gather, in 2023, which tells the story of an impoverished rural Vermont 10th grader who takes on adult family responsibilities

Gather won the 2024 Kirkus Prize for young readers' literature, was named a 2024 Michael L. Printz Honor Book, and was a 2023 Vermont Book Award finalist

Vermont Humanities Council selected Gather as the 2024–2025 Vermont Reads book, to be read and discussed in over 100 communities statewide

Secretary of State directed to send a copy of the resolution to Ken Cadow and Oxbow Union High School