November 9, 2011

Marcus and the Amazons: Teens/ Tweens Program @ MBFI 2011



I will be reading from Marcus and the Amazons as a part of the teens/tweens program. The kickoff for the program begins on Sunday, Nov. 13, with young-adult novelist Christopher Paolini, who will discuss his latest book, the fourth and final installment of the Inheritance cycle. This author presentation is free with a ticket, which can be obtained on the Fair site. Chapman Center (Building 3, second floor).  

Student Literary Encounters

On Thursday and Friday, Nov. 17 – 18, the Fair will host hundreds of students from local elementary, middle and high schools. They arrive from Miami-Dade and Broward county schools to listen to and meet their favorite authors and illustrators, and to be introduced to new works of fiction or nonfiction that they may otherwise not have been exposed to. Free. For reservations, please contact Nicole Swift at Nicole.swift@mdc.edu.

Saturday, Nov. 19

All will be held in Room 1164 (Building 1, first floor), unless otherwise noted
Teens
10 a.m. – John Connolly, The Infernals; Conor McCreery, Kill Shakespeare; D.J. MacHale, The Black; and Jeff Hirsch, The Eleventh Plague  
Tweens
11:30 a.m. – Linda Urban, Hound Dog True; Tom Angleberger, Darth Paper Strikes Back: An Origami Yoda Book and Debbie Levy, The Year of Goodbyes: A True Story of Friendship, Family and Farewells
Teens
12:30 p.m. – Sara Dessen, What Happened to Goodbye?;Colleen Houck, Tiger’s Voyage and Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie, authors of the Damned series
Tweens
12:30 p.m. – Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, The Bridge to Never Land (Starcatchers), in the Chapman Center (Building 3, second floor)
Tweens
1:30 p.m. – Dan Santat, Sidekicks; Stephanie Leduc, Titi Krapouti & Cie 
Tweens
2:30 p.m. – Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes; Matt Phelan, Around the World, Thierry Labrosse, Ab Irato
Teens
3:30 p.m. Gene Luen Yang, Level Up; Vera Brosgol, Anya’s Ghost; Cyril Pedrosa, Trois Ombres (in French with interpretation)
Teens
5 p.m. Andrew Smith, Stick; Ellen Hopkins, Perfect and M.K. Reed, Americus
Teens
5 p.m. Mireya Mayor, Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey from NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer, in the Chapman Center (Building 3, second floor)
Sunday, Nov. 20
Tweens
11 a.m. – Geoffrey Philp, Marcus and the Amazons; Henry Cole, A Nest for Celeste
Teens
Noon – Jessica Martinez, Virtuosity; Cristina Garcia, Dreams of Significant Girls
Tweens
1 p.m. – Jon Scieszka, SPHDZ Book 3
Teens
2 p.m. – Danielle Joseph, Pure Red; Jennifer Knight, Blood on the Moon 

The Fair will take place November 13 – 20, at the college’s Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami. Free parking is available in the Building 7 garage (500 N.E. Second Ave). The popular Street Fair runs Friday, November 18 through Sunday, November 20, featuring more than 200 exhibitors from around the country. This year, the Fair will celebrate the literature and culture of China. 


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