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National Book Foundation Presents: The 2022 National Book Awards

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This program is being livestreamed from MDC’s Wolfson Campus. For more information about this in-person program, please visit MiamiBookFair.com. The National Book Foundation presents the 2022 National Book Award longlisters, finalists, and winners, in an annual super-sized showcase of readings and conversation, moderated by Ruth Dickey, executive director of the National Book Foundation. Featuring Fatimah Asghar, Derrick Barnes, Isaac Blum, …

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Let’s Make History! Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Create Your Own Comics

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Make your own way through history! Readers will tackle seventy-one comic-creating challenges, with help from some of their favorite characters from the series! With each challenge, young cartoonists will learn new skills, from sound effects and character creation to building their own ten-page comic. This hardcore comics workbook will get kids writing their own thrilling, …

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“Ask Me Anything: The Monster Edition”: Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories: Yamile Saied Mendez, Amparo Ortiz, Chantel Acevedo, Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite, M. García Peña & Ari Tison: Young Adult Fiction

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From zombies to cannibals to death incarnate, this cross-genre anthology offers something for every monster lover. In Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz, bloodthirsty vampires are hunted by a quick-witted slayer; children are stolen from their beds by “el viejo de la bolsa” while …

“Ask Me Anything: The Monster Edition”: Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories: Yamile Saied Mendez, Amparo Ortiz, Chantel Acevedo, Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite, M. García Peña & Ari Tison: Young Adult Fiction Read More »

R.L. Stine on Stinetinglers: All New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales: Middle Grade Fiction

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From New York Times bestselling author R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes 10 new stories that are sure to leave you shivering. A boy who hates bugs starts to see them everywhere. A basketball player’s skin starts to almost drip off his hands – but no one else can see it. …

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“Fact or Cap: Friendship, Filters, and the Self-Love Revolution”: Kacen Callender, Crystal Maldonado, Mayra Cuevas & Marie Marquardt

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In Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender, when Lark’s former best friend Kasim accidentally posts a thread on Twitter declaring his love for a secret unrequited crush, Lark’s social media stats and messy emotions explode, setting them on a journey to speak the truth and discover how self-love can be a revolution. …

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Dan Wakefield on Kurt Vonnegut: The Making of a Writer: Young Adult Fiction

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This first and only YA biography of the great American novelist and humanist comes out on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Kurt Vonnegut, author of Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, Cat’s Cradle, and many other brilliant novels and short stories, is one of our greatest American writers. Born in 1922, Vonnegut’s life was full …

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“I’m Holding Out for a Hero”: Nick Brooks, Preeti Chhibber, H.D. Hunter & Katie Zhao

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In Nothing Ever Happens to Ethan Fairmount by Nick Brooks, a self-proclaimed genius inventor stumbles across his ex-best friend, the new kid, and an extraterrestrial visitor in need of some serious repairs before they’re all found out. When an extraordinary flying theme park arrives above Atlanta, one boy must stop a sinister force from stealing …

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Andrew Joseph White on Hell Followed with Us: Young Adult Horror

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In Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White, 16-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him – the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the …

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Eric Gansworth on My Good Man: Young Adult Fiction

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In Eric Gansworth’s newest novel, My Good Man, Brian, a 20-something reporter on the Niagara Cascade’s City Desk, is navigating life as the only Indigenous writer in the newsroom, and being lumped into reporting on stereotypical stories that homogenize his community, the nearby Tuscarora reservation. But when a mysterious roadside assault lands Tim, the brother …

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“Code-Cracking & Puzzling Prequels”: Chris Grabenstein & Kekla Magoon

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Before Mr. Lemoncello became everyone’s favorite game maker, he was a kid who liked to roll the dice … Luigi has a knack for games and puzzles. But sometimes it feels like the cards are stacked against him. UNTIL a carnival arrives in town and Luigi gets the CHANCE OF A LIFETIME – the opportunity …

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“This Monster Panel Really Bites”: Kalynn Bayron, Roseanne Brown, Derrick Chow & Zoraida Córdova

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Part I: In The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron, Malika “Boog” Wilson is determined to save her missing friend, which might mean admitting vampires weren’t wiped out after all, but if their town needs protection from the undead, Boog knows who to call. in Zoraida Córdova’s new book, nothing about Valentina Salazar has ever been “normal” …

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“Rick Riordan Presents Ballad & Dagger”: Daniel José Older & Meagan Albright

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Bestselling author Rick Riordan presents Daniel José Older’s Ballad & Dagger, a music-and-magic-filled YA urban fantasy about two teens who discover each other and their powers during a political battle within a unique diaspora community. While the rest of his tight-knit Brooklyn community dreams of someday finding a way back home to the lost island …

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