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Teens and Tweens

9:00 am to 9:45 am

State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room

Oh, the Horror!...of Surviving Middle School

Shaun David Hutchinson, The School for Invisible Boys

Jimmy Matejek-Morris, Forsooth

(ages 8 and up)

 


9:15 am to 10:00 am

State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials Area

Between Two Worlds: Young Adult Fantasy

Yoon Ha Lee, Moonstorm

Brittany N. Williams, Saint-Seducing Gold

(ages 12 and up)

 


10:00 am to 10:45 am

State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room

Home Is Where the Haunt Is: Spooky Middle Grade Fiction

M.R. Fournet, Darkness and Demon Song and Brick Dust and Bones

Rachel M. Marsh, Rougarou Magic

Paul Siefken, Vernon Poche & the Ghosts of New Orleans

(ages 8 to 12)

 


10:15 am to 11:00 am

State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials Area

Silent

Jesse Haynes with moderator Kristi Hammatt

(ages 14 and up)

 


11:00 am to 11:45 am

State Capitol, Senate Chamber

The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Winning Freewater

Amina Luquman-Dawson

(all ages)

 


11:00 am to 11:45 am

State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room

Friends, Enemies, and Saving the World: Middle Grade Mysteries

Marti Dumas, Nina and the Mysterious Mailbox

Deron R. Hicks, The Dark Skies Mystery: A World War II Thriller

Lee Reed, Constellation Clues: The Cipher of the Seven Stars

(ages 8 to 12)

 


11:15 am to Noon

State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials Area

Unraveling the Past: Young Adult Fiction

Kalela Williams, Tangleroot

LaDarrion Williams, Blood at the Root

(ages 14 to 18)

 


Noon to 12:45 pm

State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room

The Black Girl Survives in This One

Desiree S. Evans with moderator Brittany N. Williams

(ages 12 and up)

 


12:15 pm to 1:00 pm

State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials Area

The Ninja Games: Blue Volt

Jesse Haynes and Lance Pekus

(ages 14 to 18)

 


1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room

Do You Believe in (Middle Grade) Magic?

Marti Dumas, Fortunes & Frenemies

Yoon Ha Lee, Fox Snare

Jasper Price, The Incredible JumpRoller Dragons

Sarah Tolcser, Majestica

(ages 8 and up)

 


1:15 pm to 2:15 pm 

State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials Area

Young Adult Thrills and Chills

Jumata Emill, Wander in the Dark

Kayvion Lewis, Heist Royale

Derek Milman, A Darker Mischief

Olivia Worley, The Debutantes

with moderator Kristi Hammatt

(ages 12 and up)

 


1:45 pm to 2:45 pm

State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room

Narrative 4 and the National Student Poets

Felice BelleMarcus BurnsDarrell BourqueRobert GaoSofia KamalAnya MelchingerNadia Wright, with moderators Hannah Jones and Dennis Nangle

(ages 14 and up)

 


2:15 pm to 3:00 pm

State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room

Graveyard Girls: Season’s Eatings

Lisi Harrison and Daniel Kraus

(ages 8 to 12)