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2016 Generation Genius: Authors

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2016

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ELEMENTARY


UPSIDE-DOWN MAGIC

(BOOK 1)

SARAH MLYNOWSKI

It’s never easy when your magic goes wonky.

For Nory, this means that instead of being able to

turn into a dragon or a kitten, she turns into both

of them at the same time—a dritten.

For Elliott, the simple act of conjuring fire from his

fingertips turns into a fully frozen failure.

For Andres, wonky magic means he’s always

floating in the air, bouncing off the walls, or sitting

on the ceiling.

For Bax, a bad moment of magic will turn him into

a . . . actually, he’d rather not talk about that.

Nory, Elliott, Andres, and Bax are just four of the

students in Dunwiddle Magic School’s Upside-

Down Magic class. In their classroom, lessons are

unconventional, students are unpredictable, and

magic has a tendency to turn wonky at the worst

possible moments. Because it’s always amazing,

the trouble a little wonky magic can cause . . .

Sarah Mlynowski is the New York Times bestselling

author of the Whatever After series, the Magic in

Manhattan series, Gimme a Call, and a bunch of

other books for tweens and teens, including the

Upside-Down Magic series, which she is co-writing

with Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins. Originally

from Montreal, Sarah now lives in the kingdom of

Manhattan with her very own prince charming

and their fairy-tale-loving daughters. Visit Sarah

online at www.sarahm.com and find her on

Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at

@sarahmlynowski.

Session Time:

10 – 11 a.m.

Upper Elementary

Age Range: 8 – 12

Grade Level: 3rd – 7th

Series: Upside-Down Magic

Room: Wembly

Wordsmith’s Storytorium

Capacity: 150


Session Time:

10 – 11 a.m.

Upper Elementary

Age Range: 8 - 12


Series: Frank Einstein

Room 3210 Capacity: 700

FRANK EINSTEIN AND THE EVOBLASTER BELT

(BOOK 4)

Jon Scieszka

Kid-genius and inventor Frank Einstein loves

figuring out how the world works by creating

household contraptions that are part science,

part imagination, and definitely unusual. In the

series opener, an uneventful experiment in his

garage-lab, a lightning storm, and a flash of

electricity bring Frank’s inventions—the robots

Klink and Klank—to life! Not exactly the ideal lab

partners, the wisecracking Klink and the overly

expressive Klank nonetheless help Frank attempt

to perfect his inventions. In the fourth book in the

series, Frank—along with his best friend, Watson,

and Klink and Klank—once again finds himself in

competition with his classmate and archrival T.

Edison and his sign-language-speaking sidekick,

Mr. Chimp, over Frank’s newest invention: the

EvoBlaster Belt, which allows the user to evolve

and devolve into other forms of life, blasting from

one species to another.

Jon Scieszka’s books have sold more than 11

million copies. He is the author of The Stinky

Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The

True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, the Time Warp Trio

series, the Spaceheadz series, and most

recently, Battle Bunny, coauthored by Mac

Barnett. In 2008, Scieszka was named the

inaugural National Ambassador for Young

People’s Literature by the Library of Congress. He

is also the founder of Guys Read, a web-based

literacy program for boys. Scieszka lives in

Brooklyn, New York.


Session Time:

10 – 11 a.m.

Upper Elementary

Age Range: 8 – 12


Room: Live Arts Lab

Capacity: 125

THE CREEPY CASE FILES OF MARGO MALOO

DREW WEING

Charles just moved to Echo City, and some of his

new neighbors give him the creeps. They sneak

into his room, steal his toys, and occasionally, they

try to eat him.

The place is teeming with monsters!

Lucky for Charles, Echo City has Margo Maloo,

monster mediator. No matter who’s causing

trouble, Margo knows exactly what to do―the

neighborhood kids say monsters are afraid of her.

It's a good thing, because Echo City's trolls, ogres,

and ghosts all have one thing in common: they

don't like Charles very much.

Drew Weing lives in Athens, GA with his wife,

fellow cartoonist Eleanor Davis, and too many

cats. He makes comics for print and online,

among which are the nautical graphic novel Set

to Sea, and the kid-friendly webcomic The

Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo. His most

recent book is the early reader comic, Flop to the

Top, which he co-authored with his wife.


Session Time:

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Upper Elementary

Age Range: 8 – 12


Series:

The Unbelievable FIB

Room 3209

Capacity: 150

THE UNBELIEVABLE FIB:

OVER THE UNDERWORLD

(BOOK 2)

ADAM SHAUGHNESSY

It’s been a year since friends ABE and Pru joined

Mister Fox’s Fantasy Investigation Bureau––

otherwise known as the Unbelievable FIB––to save

their hometown from an invasion of Viking gods

and giants. Life has been incredibly ordinary ever

since. But that’s all about to change when the

Norse Allfather, Odin, appears with terrible news:

Baldur, his favorite son, has been murdered. It’s

the first step in a fated chain of events that leads

to Ragnarok––the end of the world. ABE and Pru

outrun trolls, explore Asgard and the Viking

underworld, and try to outsmart the Queen of the

Dead herself to change fate, save the world––

and survive seventh grade.

Adam Shaughnessy is the author of The

Unbelievable FIB books, published by Algonquin

Young Readers. His debut novel, The entirely True

Story of the Unbelievable FIB, was selected for the

2015 Middle Grade Buzz Panel at BookExpo

America, and was chosen by the American

Booksellers Association for both the Indies

Introduce list and the Indies Next list. Adam is also

an educator who visits schools, afterschools, and

libraries with his original and innovative Adventure

Play programs, which feature interactive stories

that unfold through a blend of storytelling and

games. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Jane,

and cat, Sydney.


Session Time:

1 – 2 p.m.

Middle School

Age Range: 8 – 12


Series: Story Thieves

Room: Wembly


Capacity: 150

STORY THIEVES: THE STOLEN CHAPTERS

(BOOK 2)

JAMES RILEY

Owen Conners would never jump into a

mystery. There are too many hidden clues,

twists that make no sense, and an ending

you never see coming. Mysteries are just not

Owen’s thing. So how exactly did he end up

in one with his memory erased? And that’s

far from the only question.

How did Kiel Gnomenfoot, boy magician,

lose all of his magic? Where’s Bethany, their

half-fictional friend? And who’s the annoying

guy wearing the question mark mask and

Sherlock Holmes hat, taunting Owen and Kiel

that Bethany is in grave danger?

Bethany is trapped in a hidden room that’s

slowly filling with water, and she can’t

escape until her friends find her. But is she

imprisoned by more than just chains and a

locked door? What’s she hiding from Owen

and Kiel?

Maybe some mysteries just shouldn’t be

solved…

James Riley lives in Virginia. He is the author

of Half Upon a Time, Twice Upon a Time,

and Once Upon the End as well as the Story

Thieves series.


Session Time:

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Upper Elementary

Age Range: 9 – 12

Grade Level: 4th – 7th

Series: Serefina

Room: Wembly


Capacity: 150

SERAFINA AND THE TWISTED STAFF

(BOOK 2)

ROBERT BEATTY

Half catamount, half human, Serafina finds herself

caught between her two worlds: she's too wild for

the Biltmore Estate's beautifully dressed ladies and

formal customs, and too human to fully join her

kin. Late one night, Serafina encounters a strange

and terrifying figure in the forest, and is attacked

by the vicious wolfhounds that seem to be under

his control. Even worse, she's convinced that the

stranger was not alone, that he has sent his

accomplice into Biltmore in disguise. Someone is

wreaking havoc at the estate. A mysterious series

of attacks test Serafina's role as Biltmore's

protector, culminating in a tragedy that tears

Serafina's best friend and only ally, Braeden

Vanderbilt, from her side. For Serafina to defeat

this new evil before it engulfs her beloved home,

she must search deep inside herself and embrace

the destiny that has always awaited her.

Robert Beatty lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of

Asheville, North Carolina with his wife and three

daughters who help create and refine his stories.

He loves to explore the grand Biltmore Estate and

the darkened forest trails where his novels take

place. Mr. Beatty's Disney-Hyperion novel Serafina

and the Black Cloak became a New York Times

bestseller the first week it was launched. He writes

full-time now, but in his past lives, he was one of

the early pioneers of cloud computing as the

founder/CEO of Plex Systems, the co-founder of

Beatty Robotics, and the chairman/CTO of

Narrative Magazine. In 2007, he was named an

Entrepreneur of the Year.


Session Time:

11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Upper Elementary

Age Range: 9 – 12


Room 6100

Capacity: 100

THE HAUNTING OF FALCON HOUSE

EUGENE YELCHIN

A long undisturbed bedroom. A startling

likeness. A mysterious friend.

When twelve-year-old Prince Lev Lvov goes to

live with his aunt at Falcon House, he takes his

rightful place as heir to the Lvov family estate.

Prince Lev dreams of becoming a hero of Russia

like his great ancestors. But he'll discover that

dark secrets haunt this house. Prince Lev is the

only one who can set them free-will he be the

hero his family needs?

Eugene Yelchin is the author and illustrator

of Arcady's Goal and the Newbery Honor

book Breaking Stalin's Nose. Born and educated

in Russia, he left the former Soviet Union when

he was twenty-seven years old. Mr. Yelchin has

also illustrated several books for children,

including Crybaby, Who Ate All the Cookie

Dough? and Won Ton. He lives in California with

his wife and children.


MIDDLE SCHOOL


Session Time:

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Middle School

Age Range: 8 – 12


Series: Secret Coders

Room 3210

Capacity: 700

SECRET CODERS: PATHS & PORTALS

(BOOK 2)

GENE LUEN YANG

There's something lurking beneath the surface of

Stately Academy―literally. In a secret

underground classroom Hopper, Eni, and Josh

discover that the campus was once home to the

Bee School, an institute where teachers, students,

and robots worked together to unravel the

mysteries of coding. Hopper and her friends are

eager to follow in this tradition and become top-

rate coders. But why are Principal Dean and the

rugby team suddenly so interested in their

extracurricular activities? From graphic novel

superstar (and high school computer

programming teacher) Gene Luen Yang comes

the second volume of Secret Coders, Paths &

Portals, a wildly entertaining new series that

combines logic puzzles and basic programming

instruction with a page-turning mystery plot!

Gene Luen Yang has written and drawn many

comics, including the hit Avatar: The Last

Airbender series. American Born Chinese was a

National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner

of the Printz Award and an Eisner Award. He also

won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Boxers &

Saints. Yang lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.


Session Time:

1 – 2 p.m.

Middle School

Age Range: 8 – 12


Series: Lock and Key

Room 3210

Capacity: 700

LOCK AND KEY: THE INITIATION

(BOOK 1)

RIDLEY PEARSON

Ridley Pearson brings us the riveting first tale of

the Lock and Key trilogy about the origins of the

rivalry Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty, told

from the perspective of James’s observant little

sister, Moria. Before James grew up to be a

ruthless, remorseless villain, he was a curious boy

from Boston, with a penchant for trouble and an

acid tongue. Thrown into a boarding school

against his wishes, James winds up rooming with

a most unlikely companion: a lanky British know-it-

all named Sherlock Holmes (―Lock‖ to his friends).

An heirloom Bible, donated by the Moriarty family

more than a hundred years ago, has gone

missing, and it doesn’t take long for the two to

find themselves embroiled in the school-wide

scandal. The school is on lockdown until it’s

found, strange clues keep finding their way to

James, and a secret society lurks behind it all.

Ridley Pearson is the bestselling author of over

fifty novels, including Peter and the

Starcatchers (cowritten with Dave Barry) and the

Kingdom Keepers. He has also written two dozen

crime novels, including Probable Cause, Beyond

Recognition, Killer Weekend, The Risk Agent,

and The Red Room. To learn more about him, visit

www.ridleypearson.com.


Session Time:

11 a.m. – Noon

Middle School

Age Range: 9 – 12


Series: Miles Taylor and the

Golden Cape

Room 3209

Capacity: 150

RISE OF THE ROBOT ARMY

(BOOK 2)

ROBERT VENDITTI

Master the golden cape. Been there. Save

the world from an alien invasion. Done that.

Battle an army of super-deadly robots

designed to destroy you. Sure didn’t see that

one coming. After a summer of fighting

crime, Miles Taylor is bummed that nothing

has changed for him at Chapman Middle

School. Sure, he may be in the eighth grade

now and have a secret identity as Gilded,

the world’s only superhero, but that doesn’t

protect him from the Jammer’s bullying or

make him any more deserving of Josie’s

affection. Miles starts spending more and

more time as Gilded, neglecting his

schoolwork and his friends. It’s not long

before his bad attitude lands him and his

best friend, Henry, in a military compound, at

the mercy of the power-crazed General

Breckenridge. When the General steals the

golden cape, Miles finds himself back at

square one with no superpowers...and no

hope of escape. On the verge of losing

everything—and everyone—he cares about,

Miles must discover the hero within himself

before the General puts his evil plans into

action.

Robert Venditti is the New York

Times bestselling author of numerous comics

and graphic novels. He has written the

monthly adventures of Green Lantern and

the Flash, as well as the graphic novelizations

for the Percy Jackson and the Olympians

and Heroes of Olympus series. Robert lives in

Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife and two

children.


Session Time:

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Middle School

Age Range: 9 – 13


Series: The Nameless City

Room 3314

Capacity: 150

THE NAMELESS CITY

(BOOK 1)

FAITH ERIN HICKS

Every nation that invades the City gives it a

new name. But before long, new invaders

arrive and the City changes hands once again.

The natives don't let themselves get caught up

in the unending wars. To them, their home is

the Nameless City, and those who try to name

it are forever outsiders. Kaidu is one such

outsider. He's a Dao born and bred—a

member of the latest occupying nation. Rat is

a native of the Nameless City. At first, she hates

Kai for everything he stands for, but his love of

his new home may be the one thing that can

bring these two unlikely friends together. Let's

hope so, because the fate of the Nameless

City rests in their hands.

Faith Erin Hicks is a writer and artist in

Vancouver, British Columbia. Her graphic

novels include Zombies Calling, The War at

Ellsmere, Brain Camp (with Susan Kim and

Laurence Klavan), Friends with Boys, Nothing

Can Possibly Go Wrong (with Prudence Shen),

the Bigfoot Boy series (with J. Torres), The Last of

Us: American Dreams (with Neil Druckmann),

the Eisner Award-winning The Adventures of

Superhero Girl, and the Nameless City series.


Session Time:

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Middle School

Age Range: 9 – 14


Series: Olympians

Room 2106

Capacity: 275

APOLLO: THE BRILLIANT ONE

(BOOK 8)

GEORGE O’CONNOR

Mighty Apollo is known by all as the god of the

sun, but there's more to this Olympian than a

bright smile and a shining chariot. In the latest

volume of Olympians, New York Times bestselling

author George O'Connor continues to turn his

extensive knowledge of the original Greek myths

into rip-roaring graphic novel storytelling.

George O'Connor is the author of several picture

books, including the New York Times bestseller

Kapow!, Ker-Splash, and Sally and the Some-

thing. His debut graphic novel, Journey into

Mohawk Country, was published by First

Second. O'Connor's current project is The

Olympians, a series of graphic novels for young

readers about Greek Mythology. He is over 7

feet tall, and is the handsomest man in the

world.


Session Time:

12 – 1 p.m.

Middle School

Age Range: 10 – 14


Series: The Odds

Room: MAGIC

Capacity: 150

THE MIGHTY ODDS

(BOOK 1)

AMY IGNATOW

When a sweet nerd, an artsy cartoonist, a social

outcast, and the most popular girl in school are

involved in a mysterious bus accident, this

seemingly random group of kids starts to notice

some very strange abilities they did not have

before. Artsy Martina can change her eye color.

Nerdy Nick can teleport . . . four inches to the left.

Outcast Farshad develops super strength, but

only in his thumbs. And Cookie, the ―It Girl‖ of

school’s most popular clique, has suddenly

developed the ability to read minds . . . when

those minds are thinking about directions. They

are oddly mighty—especially together. This

group—who would never hang out under normal

circumstances—must now combine all of their

strengths to figure out what happened during the

bus accident. With alternating narratives from

each of the heroes, including illustrated pieces

from Martina, and featuring bold female

superheroes and a multicultural cast, The Mighty

Odds is The Breakfast Club for a new generation.

Amy Ignatow is the author/illustrator of the

acclaimed series The Popularity Papers. She is a

graduate of Moore College of Art and Design

and lives in Philadelphia with her husband and

their children.


Session Time:

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Middle School



Room 6100

Capacity: 100

THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON

KELLY BARNHILL

Every year, the people of the Protectorate

leave a baby as an offering to the witch who

lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will

keep her from terrorizing their town. But the

witch in the Forest, Xan, is kind. She shares her

home with a wise Swamp Monster and a

Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children

and delivers them to welcoming families on the

other side of the forest, nourishing the babies

with starlight on the journey. One year, Xan

accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead

of starlight, filling the ordinary child with

extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must

raise this girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own.

As Luna’s thirteenth birthday approaches, her

magic begins to emerge—with dangerous

consequences. Meanwhile, a young man from

the Protectorate is determined to free his

people by killing the witch. Deadly birds with

uncertain intentions flock nearby. A volcano,

quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath the

earth’s surface. And the woman with the

Tiger’s heart is on the prowl . . .

Kelly Barnhill writes novels for children and short

stories for adults and poetry that she whispers in

the dark when no one is listening. Both her most

recent novel, The Witch's Boy, and her first

novel, The Mostly True Story of Jack, received

four-star reviews, and her second, Iron Hearted

Violet, received a Parents’ Choice Gold

Award. Kelly has received grants and awards

from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the

Jerome Foundation, Intermedia Arts, and the

Loft. She has three very smart kids and one very

smart husband.


HIGH SCHOOL


Session Time:

11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

High School



Series: Black Widow

Room 3314

Capacity: 150

BLACK WIDOW: RED VENGEANCE

(BOOK 2)

MARGARET STOHL

Black Widow: Red Vengeance is the action-

packed sequel to the instant New York Times

best-seller, Black Widow: Forever Red. This

time, author Margaret Stohl takes readers

inside the minds of Marvel's most cunning and

dangerous spies—Black Widow and Red

Widow—delving deeper into their powers will

reveal more than ever before about the

infamous assassin and her fledgling hero-in-

training.

Margaret Stohl is the #1 New York Times best-

selling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures

series. Her solo books include Icons, Idols,

and Black Widow: Forever Red. Before writing

her first novel, Stohl was a veteran of the

video-game industry, working with Activision

(now Activision Blizzard) and Westwood

Studios (now Electronic Arts). Margaret later

became a cofounder of 7 Studios with her

husband, Lewis Peterson. She has previously

been nominated for Most Innovative Game

Design at the Game Developers Conference.

She lives in Santa Monica, California with her

husband and daughters.


Session Time:

9:30 – 10:30 p.m.

High School



Series: Kill Shakespeare

Room: MAGIC

Capacity: 150

KILL SHAKESPEARE

(BOOK 1)

CONOR McCREERY

What Fables does for fairy tales, Kill

Shakespeare does with the greatest writer of

all time. This dark take on the Bard pits his

greatest heroes (Hamlet, Juliet, Othello

Falstaff) against his most menacing villains

(Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Iago) in an epic

adventure to find and kill a reclusive wizard

named William Shakespeare.

Conor McCreery has served in both creative

and business positions for film and television

companies, contributed over 1,000 stories

and articles for media outlets and also

provided expert analysis for Canada’s

Business News Network.


Session Time:

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

High School



Series: Star Wars

Room 3209

Capacity: 150

STAR WARS: AHSOKA

E. K. JOHNSTON

Fans have long wondered what happened to

Ahsoka after she left the Jedi Order near the

end of the Clone Wars, and before she re-

appeared as the mysterious Rebel operative

Fulcrum in Rebels. Finally, her story will begin to

be told. Following her experiences with the Jedi

and the devastation of Order 66, Ahsoka is

unsure she can be part of a larger whole ever

again. But her desire to fight the evils of the

Empire and protect those who need it will lead

her right to Bail Organa, and the Rebel

Alliance.

E. K. Johnston had several jobs and one

vocation before she became a published

writer. If she’s learned anything, it’s that things

turn out weird sometimes, and there’s not a lot

you can do about it. Well, that and how to

muscle through awkward fanfic because it’s

about a pairing she likes. Her books range from

contemporary fantasy (The Story of Owen,

Prairie Fire), to fairy-tale reimaginings (A

Thousand Nights, Spindle), and from small town

Ontario (Exit, Pursued By A Bear), to a galaxy

far, far away (Star Wars: Ahsoka). She has no

plans to rein anything inWhen she's not on

tumblr, she dreams of travel and Tolkien. Or

writes books. It really depends on the weather.

.


Session Time:

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

High School



Series: Jackaby

Room 6100

Capacity: 100

GHOSTLY ECHOES Capacity: 100

(BOOK 3)

WILLIAM RITTER

“Tread lightly, Miss Rook,” warned Mr.

Jackaby. “It would not do to push Miss

Cavanaugh too far or too fast.”

Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly lady of 926

Augur Lane, has enlisted the investigative

services of her fellow residents to solve a

decade-old murder—her own. Abigail Rook

and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby,

dive into the cold case, starting with a search

for Jenny’s fiancé, who went missing the

night she died. But when a new, gruesome

murder closely mirrors the events of ten years

prior, Abigail and Jackaby realize that

Jenny’s case isn’t so cold after all. Fantasy

and folklore mix with mad science as

Abigail’s race to unravel the mystery leads

her across the cold cobblestones of

nineteenth-century New England, down to

the mythical underworld, and deep into her

colleagues’ grim histories to battle the most

deadly foe she has ever faced.

William Ritter began writing the Jackaby

series in the middle of the night when his son

was still an infant. After getting up to care for

him, Will would lie awake, his mind creating

rich worlds and fantasiessuch as the one in

New Fiddleham. Will lives and teaches in

Springfield, Oregon.


Session Time:

10 – 11 a.m.

High School



Series: The Amateurs

Room 3314

Capacity: 150

THE AMATEURS

(BOOK 1)

SARA SHEPARD

As soon as Seneca Frazier sees the post on the

Case Not Closed website about Helena Kelly,

she's hooked. Helena's high-profile

disappearance five years earlier is the one that

originally got Seneca addicted to true crime. It's

the reason she's a member of the site in the first

place. So when Maddy Wright, her best friend

from the CNC site, invites Seneca to spend

spring break in Connecticut looking into the

cold case, she immediately packs her bag. But

the moment she steps off the train in trendy,

glamorous Dexby, things begin to go wrong.

Maddy is nothing like she expected, and

Helena's sister, Aerin Kelly, seems completely

hostile and totally uninterested in helping with

their murder investigation. But when Brett,

another super user from the site, joins Seneca

and Maddy in Dexby, Aerin starts to come

around. The police must have missed

something, and someone in Dexby definitely

has information they've been keeping quiet. As

Seneca, Brett, Maddy, and Aerin begin to

unravel dark secrets and shocking betrayals

about the people closest to them, they seem to

be on the murderer's trail at last. But somewhere

nearby the killer is watching . . . ready to do

whatever it takes to make sure the truth stays

buried.

Sara Shepard is the author of two New York

Times bestselling series, Pretty Little Liars and The

Lying Game, as well as the series The

Perfectionists. She graduated from NYU and has

an MFA from Brooklyn College.


Session Time:

10:30 – 11:30 p.m.

High School



Room: MAGIC

Capacity: 150

TETRIS: THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

BOX BROWN

It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet

addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending

puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long

enough and you’ll see those brightly colored

geometric shapes everywhere. You’ll see them in

your dreams. Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas

about games. In 1984, he created Tetris in his

spare time while developing software for the

Soviet government. Once Tetris emerged from

behind the Iron Curtain, it was an instant hit.

Nintendo, Atari, Sega—game developers big

and small all wanted Tetris. A bidding war was

sparked, followed by clandestine trips to

Moscow, backroom deals, innumerable

miscommunications, and outright theft. New York

Times–bestselling author Box Brown untangles this

complex history and delves deep into the role

games play in art, culture, and commerce. For

the first time and in unparalleled detail, Tetris: The

Games People Play tells the true story of the

world’s most popular video game.

Box Brown is an Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist,

illustrator, and comic publisher from Philadelphia.

His book Andre the Giant: Life and Legend was

released in 2014 and spent three weeks on

the New York Times bestsellers list. His second

graphic novel with publisher First Second is Tetris:

The Games People Play. Brown launched the

independent comics publishing house Retrofit

Comics in 2011.


Session Time:

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

High School



Room: Live Arts Lab

Capacity: 125

SAVING HAMLET

MOLLY BOOTH

Emma Allen couldn't be more excited to start

her sophomore year. Not only is she the

assistant stage manager for the drama club's

production of Hamlet, but her crush Brandon is

directing, and she's rocking a new haircut that's

sure to get his attention. But soon after school

starts, everything goes haywire. It's up to Emma

to fix it all, but she has no clue where to start.

One night after rehearsal, Emma falls through

the stage's trap door . . . landing in the

basement of the Globe Theater. It's London,

1601, and with her awesome new pixie cut,

everyone thinks Emma's a boy—even Will

Shakespeare himself. With no clue how to get

home, Emma gamely plays her role as

backstage assistant to the original production

of Hamlet, learning a thing or two about the

theater, and meeting an incredibly hot actor

named Alex who finds Emma as intriguing as

she finds him. But once Emma starts traveling

back and forth through time, things get really

confusing. Which boy is the one for her? In

which reality does she belong? And can she

possibly save two disastrous productions

of Hamlet before time runs out?

Molly Booth is a total Shakespeare nerd. She

grew up homeschooled in Massachusetts, and

spent most of her time reading Tamora Pierce

novels and pretending to be Redwall

characters with her four siblings. In high school,

she was a stage manager for three different

community theatres, which almost killed her.

She went to Bunker Hill Community College first,

and then Marlboro College in Vermont, where

she studied writing, literature, and Elizabethan

history. While there, she wrote the first drafts

of Saving Hamlet. Molly now lives in Portland,

ME, with her cat, dog, and one-eyed rat.

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