A. LaFaye

It's authors and illustrators all day long in celebration of Children's Book Week. In fact, we'll have a different author visiting each hour on the hour starting at 11 AM. To make it easy for all of us, they'll be here in order of age--youngest to oldest (that's the age of the readers, not the authors). ... (more)Each of these fabulous authors has a brand new, and (in our humble opinions) brilliant book out this spring. Here's the line-up: 11AM: Phyllis Root, author of Creak, Said the Bed~~~ 12PM: Derek Anderson, illustrator of Hot Rod Hamster & two new Little Quack books~~~ 1PM: John Coy, author of Eyes on the Goal~~~ 2PM: A. LaFaye, author of The Keening and Nissa's Place~~~ 3PM: Ricki Thompson, author of City of Cannibals~~~ 4PM: Swati Avasthi, author of Split~~~

This book club, better known as ARRG! (Advanced Reader Review Group), is for ages 14 and up. The cool thing about this book club is that instead of reading books that are already published, you get to read Advanced Reader Copies (known in the publishing business as ARCs) of books that have yet to be ... (more)published. Then, you tell us what you think. We also read one published book each month. Call the store to find out about joining the club. 612-920-5005 Our next meeting will be Saturday, April 24th at 5:30PM. This month, our published book is Hero Type by Barry Lyga, and our ARCs are The Keening by A. LaFaye and Bruiser by Neal Shusterman.