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Thank you to all 87 of you who came out to see Maureen Johnson, Libba Bray, Cassie Clare, and Robin Wasserman last night. We had a blast and it was so great to see so many people excited about YA books in one room! Some great pics can be found over at WestportNow and I've posted some of my own below. If you have some of your own that you would like to share, please email them to me!
Come join the Westport Library on Wednesday for a Night of Mayhem: four teen authors in one night!
Maureen Johnson is the author of books such as Suite Scarlett, 13 Little Blue Envelopes, and Devilish and recently contributed to the holiday collection Let it Snow along with popular Nerdfighter John Green. In addition to being a popular author, she is also a scriptwriter for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince handheld videogames.
Libba Bray is a Texan-turned-New Yorker who is best known for her Gothic fantasy series The Gemma Doyle Trilogy, which includes the books A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing.
Cassandra Clare is a Brooklyn-based writer and the author of the urban fantasy series Mortal Instruments. The next book in the series, City of Glass, will be released in March.
Robin Wasserman is the author of the Seven Deadly Sins series and most recently, the sci-fi book Skinned, about a teenage girl who is reborn in a non-human body after a deadly accident.
Come early to get a good seat. We will have to following books for purchase and the authors will be available for signing:
· Suite Scatrlet by Maureen Johnson
· The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
· City of Bones by Cassie Clare
· Skinned by Robin Wasserman
Let me know if you have any questions! I can be reached by email or by phone: (203) 291-4809. I look forward to seeing everybody there!
Although this isn't an official Library program, I thought it was worth bringing to your attention. The organization Positive Directions is going to be offering a four-session workshop called "Taming the College Process” for parents of 9th through 11th grade students next month. Details are as follows:
This workshop is intended to address what has become a community-wide issue affecting our children, our families, our friendships, our schools and our guidance counselors. We will explore the professional literature on the effects of the stress on our children relating to the college process and what we can do to tame our own anxieties so we can enable the independence and self-esteem our children need to become healthy adults.
The NUMBER 1 RULE of this group: Leave college names, standardized test scores, class schedules and college road trip planners at the door. Join us in this unique opportunity to explore why we are “Stressed out about our kids Getting IN!”
The course will be led by Positive Directions Counselors and Parent Connect Facilitators, Leslie Rogers, LCSW and Susan Raphael, LMFT. They have “been there” 7 times and bring perspective and insight that can sometimes escape us while we are in the thick of “it.”
The course will meet on Tuesdays, March 17, 24, 31 and April 7th from 10:00 am to 11:45 am. Registration is limited and the fee will be $195. (Scholarships are offered and requests are confidential)
For more information or to register securely online, visit our website at www.positivedirections.org or call Positive Directions at 203-227-7644, ext 132.
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