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Please join us on Wednesday, August
6, as we host 6 talented authors for
teen who will present some of the
newest in scintillating teen fiction
and non-fiction. Come meet author
and scholar
JENNY DAVIDSON,
whose debut teen novel
The Explosionist,
set in Scotland in the 1930's,
introduces us to
sixteen-year-old Sophie, her friend
Mikael, and her great-aunt Tabitha
as they are caught up in a murder
mystery involving terrorists and
suicide bombers whose plans have
world-shaping consequences;
best-selling author
KATIE DAVIS,
whose latest novel,
The Curse of Addy McMahon,
is a comic look at the titular
hero's attempts to get down to the
bottom of a purported family curse
even as she tries to repair the
fallout after her entire school gets
a look at one of the comics from her
private journal;
LINDA GERBER,
whose
Death by Bikini
introduces us to Aphra Behn
Connolly, a lonely girl living on
her family's island resort and
forced to turn sleuth when a
shocking murder and the sudden
arrival of smoldering Seth's family
seem just a bit too coincidental;
LISA McMANN,
author of
Wake,
a spellbinding novel in which
seventeen-year-old Janie Hannagan
learns she has the supernatural
ability to enter into other people's
dreams and influence those dreams;
CLAIRE MYSKO,
author of
You're Amazing!: A No-Pressure Guide
to Being Your Best Self,
a fun-packed advice book that
tackles the pressures faced by
today's teens by offering inspired
wisdom and guidance from older
teens, female role models, and
activities from Girls Inc., a
non-profit organization that
inspires all girls to be strong,
smart, and bold; Violet
series writer
MELISSA WALKER,
author of
Violet in Private,
Violet by Design,
and
Violet on the Runway,
which explore the travails of Violet
Greenfield, wallflower turned
catwalker turned college student, as
she encounters romance, the pitfalls
of celebrity, and those everyday
insecurities of teenage girls; and
CHLOE WALSH,
author of
The Interns:Fashionistas
and
The Interns: Truth or Fashion,
which presents the glamorous yet
nerve-wracking world of the four
summer interns at Couture
magazine--aspiring designer Callie;
party-girl photographer Nadine;
accommodating Ava, who's about to
learn you don't get what you want by
standing back and waiting for it to
happen; and Aynsley, sexy socialite
with an attitude to match. Don't
miss your chance to meet these
cutting-edge teen fiction and
non-fiction authors and get your
books signed by them! 6:00-7:30pm.
Ages 12 and up.
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