Marissa Meyer Presents Gilded

Name: Marissa Meyer Presents Gilded
Start: 2021-11-20T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2021-11-20T13:00:00-05:00
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In Gilded, New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer returns to the fairy-tale world with this haunting retelling of Rumpelstiltskin. Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller’s daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue. Or so everyone believes. When one of Serilda’s outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to help her … for a price. Love isn’t meant to be part of the bargain. Soon Serilda realizes that there is more than one secret hidden in the castle walls, including an ancient curse that must be broken if she hopes to end the tyranny of the king and his wild hunt forever. Moderated by Meagan Albright, librarian for Nova Southeastern University.

Grades 9 – 12

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Meyer, Marissa

Marissa Meyer is the New York Times bestselling author of Heartless, the Renegades trilogy, the Lunar Chronicles series, the Wires and Nerve graphic novels, and The Lunar Chronicles Coloring Book. She is also the creator and host of The Happy Writer podcast. In Gilded (Feiwel & Friends), Meyer returns to the fairy-tale world with a haunting retelling of Rumpelstiltskin. Serilda, the protagonist of Gilded, is a poor miller’s daughter, cursed by the god of lies. She has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastic and spellbinding and entirely untrue. Or so everyone believes. Then she finds herself swept away into a grim world in which the king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold or be killed for telling falsehoods. Let the adventure begin.

Albright, Meagan

Meagan Albright is a youth services librarian III at the Nova Southeastern University Alvin Sherman Library and has more than 20 years of experience in libraries and bookstores. She has served on local and national committees championing youth literacy, including the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) Batchelder Award Selection Committee, Notable Children’s Books Committee, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Selection Committee, and Intellectual Freedom Committee, among others. Albright has written for the ALSC blog and been published in peer-reviewed journals including Children & Libraries and Public Libraries, where her article on library service to the LGBTQ community received a Public Libraries Feature Article Award.

Marissa Meyer Presents Gilded