Girls’ Lives: Meg Haston on How to Rock Break-ups and Make-ups, Raina Telgemeier on Drama and Sonia Manzano on The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
Saturday, Nov. 17, 2:30 p.m., Room 1164 (Building 1, 1st Floor)
Author(s) and Guest(s)
Meg Haston
Meg Haston’s YA sequel to How to Rock Braces and Glasses, How to Rock Break-Ups and Make-Ups (Poppy, 16.95), presents the mostly reformed Kacey Simon, who’s trying not to revert to her former mean-girl ways. That is, until her new crush Zander's ex-girlfriend and former lead singer, Stevie, arrives in town. Boys want to date her, girls want to be her, and Kacey wants to boot her butt out of Chicago, ASAP. But will taking the new Queen Bee down a notch put Kacey back on top? Or will it cost her everything-and everyone-she cares about?
Raina Telgemeier
Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery (SLG Publishing, $10.95) is the first anthology of the teenage detective series, written by Dave Roman and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier, Jaeff Zornow, and Jason Ho. Set in Legerdemain—a congested, fog-filled, cobblestone-paved Victorian city built around a cemetery the size of Central Park—Agnes’ adventures include confrontations with trapped spirits, cursed souls, possessed relatives, disappearing pets, decapitated scientists, ambitious zombies, and a mess of other supernatural oddities. Telgemeier is the author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed graphic novel memoir, Smile. Her comics have been nominated for the Ignatz, Cybil, and Eisner Awards.
Sonia Manzano
Set in New York's El Barrio in 1969, Sonia Manzano’s first novel, The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano (Scholastic Press, $16.99), tells the story of a young girl who hides her feelings about growing up in her Spanish Harlem neighborhood, and her attitude about her sassy grandmother who's come from Puerto Rico to live. Then, events erupt that change everything. For four decades, Manzano played "Maria" on the acclaimed television series Sesame Street. She has won fifteen Emmy Awards for her television writing, and is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Schedule
Location
Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Room 1164 (Building 1, 1st Floor)
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