27sep2:15 pm2:45 pm2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Middle-Grade Fiction: Erin Bow, Lynn Leitch & Arley Nopra
Event Details
Explore different middle-grade fiction adventures with authors who create worlds full of wonder, challenge, and possibility.
Event Details
Explore different middle-grade fiction adventures with authors who create worlds full of wonder, challenge, and possibility.
Speakers for this event
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Arley Nopra
Arley Nopra
Arley Nopra is a Filipina-Canadian illustrator and the creator of the New York Times bestselling Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adaptations of Claudia and the Bad Joke and Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Ann M. Martin. She was previously a colorist for the second and third Dragon Prince graphic novels. Arley enjoys stories that explore love, resilience, and self-discovery. When she isn’t drawing, she loves getting lost in a good book or spending time with her dog. Arley lives in Toronto.
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Erin Bow
Erin Bow
Erin Bow was born in the Midwest and studied particle physics in college, eventually working at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland. She then decided to leave science in order to concentrate on her love of writing. Her debut novel, Plain Kate, won the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. Erin also received the Governor General’s Award for Young People’s Literature – Text for Stand on the Sky and the Newbery Honor for Simon Sort of Says. She lives in Kitchener, Ontario, with her husband James and their two children. Erin Bow can be visited online at www.erinbow.com.
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Lynn Leitch
Lynn Leitch
Lynn Leitch is a freelance writer, a weekend runner, and the author of several books for children. Lynn grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she fell in love with reading and playing sports in the rain. Having since lived in Halifax, Ottawa, and Toronto, Lynn settled in Burlington, Ontario, where she lives with her favourite humans and animals.
Books
Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #19)
A Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted and illustrated by New York Times bestselling cartoonist Arley Nopra!
Dawn can’t wait for her trip to California. Aside from all the sun and fun, it’s her first visit since her brother, Jeff, moved back to live with their dad. California is better than Dawn ever remembered it. The beaches are beautiful, the local theme park is a blast, and Dawn is enjoying all her favorite foods. Plus, Dawn’s best friend, Sunny, has even started her own baby-sitting club! Things are going so well that Dawn begins to wonder if she might want to stay in California with her dad and Jeff.
Dawn is a California girl at heart, but could she really leave Stoneybrook — and her mom and The Baby-sitters Club — for good?
AuthorArley Nopra
PublisherScholastic Canada
The Setback
After getting cut from the baseball team, Liam must secure a spot on a new all-star sports team if he wants to attend Camp Jackman with his friend Marcus.
This means trying out for multiple sports, which isn’t as easy as he thought it would be. Liam worries about his less-than-average height and missing out on camp, but even worse, he’s discovering that his friendship with Marcus isn’t what he thought it was. He is willing to try any sport that might get him into Camp Jack. To do this, Liam will need to perform like never before. Can Liam beat the odds and learn that sometimes setbacks are really just opportunities to try new things?
AuthorLynn Leitch
PublisherPajama Press
Witchward Bound (A Butter and Owl Adventure)
From Governor General’s Award—winning author Erin Bow comes a timeless tale of friendship and magic, delivered in a stunning, collectible package—first in a new series.
In this instant classic, magical animals are on a quest to find their lost witch.
Once upon a time there was a pair of witch’s helpers: a cat named Butter and a raven named Owl. The cat knows he is destined to be a great hero—just ask him. The raven wouldn’t recognize destiny if she flew into it beak-first. They do not get along.
But then their witch vanishes, and Butter and Owl must quest to find her. To reunite their family, they’ll have to outwit sirens and a cyclops, gods and ghosts—and hardest of all, they’ll have to learn to work together.
Humorous and heartfelt, Butter and Owl’s first adventure shows what it means to be a great hero—and what it takes to be a good friend. With enchanting illustrations by New York Times best-seller Kelly Murphy and sparkling words written by beloved Newbery Honor and Governor General’s Award–winning author Erin Bow, this tale is a classic in the making—a whimsical, witty, and warm story worthy of reading again and again.
AuthorErin Bow
PublisherScholastic Canada