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Arrogant high school senior Jake Holomann is one month away from graduating a semester early. From his point of view, Jake can’t get away from his school and his classmates fast enough. When his English teacher suggests he might have more to learn before heading off to college, Holomann scoffs at the idea but accepts her strange homework assignment. His month long task to learn the meaning of “empathy” turns into a journey he could never have imagined – Jake mysteriously spends one day living the life of each of his classmates. Sometimes humorous, sometimes harrowing, 30 Days to Empathy represents the voices of 31 authors and is the world’s first crowd sourced, class sourced, high school novel ever published. This coming of age story is certain to become a high school classic.

Written by 30 high school students at Whitney Young High School in Chicago, edited by Jay C. Rehak, their teacher. 30 Days to Empathy was a collaborative effort that resulted in the world's first class sourced, crowd sourced novel.The writers include: Taylor Berghoff, Sydney Burdin, Joli Chandler, Mateusz Chorazy, Zachary Deitz, Marc Deming, Adeyanira Escuadra, Justin Galowich, Jasmine Grayson, Jacob Haase, Susan Jiang, Alyssa Komish, Victoria Lei, Marlene Lenthang, Patryk Lipski, Ashanti Marshall, Logan McClure, Somyiah Nance, Kevin Ngo, Aidan O’Carroll, Sarah Quinn, Jay C. Rehak, Antonio Romo, Brian Scheff, Matthew Scott, Veronica Skital, Da’Manise Smith, Jonathan Villasenor, Rielle Walker, Cory Wong and Hannah Wong. Jay C. Rehak is a teacher, author, lecturer and videographer who has collaborated with thousands of students over the years to create literature. A proponent of student creation and collaboration, Jay is a National Board Certified instructor who has taught English for the past 25 years. Jay’s 27 plays and 2 screenplays are available at www.jaycrehak.com; his ACT Test Tip videos can be found on YouTube and through the Chicago Public School Safari website. Jay lives in Chicago with his wife, award winning children’s singer Susan Salidor. He has three children, Hope, Hannah and Ali.