Event Details
Three middle grade stories come together in a conversation about memory, identity, friendship, and finding your way.
Event Details
Three middle grade stories come together in a conversation about memory, identity, friendship, and finding your way.
Speakers for this event
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Celia Krampien
Celia Krampien
Celia Krampien is a Canadian children’s book author and illustrator. She has worked with HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, and Scientific American magazine. Her debut illustrated novel for kids, The Bellwoods Game, made the NYT Bestsellers List. She grew up in a tiny town in rural Southern Ontario where she spent most of her time reading, drawing, and climbing trees (and sometimes falling out of them). Today she lives in the Niagara Region and still spends most of her time reading and drawing but now prefers to enjoy trees with both feet on the ground.
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Jessica Outram
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Meaghan McIsaac
Meaghan McIsaac
Meaghan McIsaac (if that is her real name) is the author of several books for young readers including Lydia Cooper is a Lie, Cheat Code, and The Bear House which was shortlisted for the 2023 Forest of Reading Red Maple award. She is also an illustrator for picture books and graphic novels. She has a master’s degree in Writing for Children from the University of Winchester, and currently lives with her family in a secret undisclosed location. You can visit her online at meaghanmcisaac.com.
Books
Bernice and the Wild Waters
Bernice Normandin is who I am. What’s bigger than a name?
Book Two in the Shining Waters Series, following Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold—winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. It’s the fall of 1914, and Bernice and her family are moving from the lighthouse in their small corner of Georgian Bay to the mainland for the school year. But this time is different. When they return to town, Bernice and her family will use a different last name.
An Indian Agent has been spotted in town, and some of the local children have gone missing. Not all children, only Indigenous children, like Bernice and her siblings. Mom thinks that if they go by a different name, they’ll be safe. But Bernice doesn’t want to change her name. She’ll always be a Normandin! When Bernice’s cousins go missing, the danger is suddenly all too real. But if her cousins are lost, Bernice is going to help find them.
AuthorJessica Outram
PublisherSecond Story Press
Lydia Cooper is a Lie
For as long as Lydia can remember, it’s been her and her dad against the world. But while she loves him, her dad is so overprotective. Well-versed in the dangers of the internet from his job in cybersecurity, he refuses to let Lydia be online without heavy parental controls, and social media is out of the question.
One day, when all Lydia’s friends are invited to a movie night at her crush’s house—except her because she’s not in the group chat—Lydia gets fed up with her dad’s rules and makes a social media account. Then an armed intruder shows up at her home. Clearly, there’s more to her family’s past than she knows.
On the run and separated from her dad, Lydia will need to uncover the secrets her dad has been keeping if she wants to reunite with him. But how can Lydia know who to trust along the way when she doesn’t even know who she is?
AuthorMeaghan McIsaac
PublisherAladdin (Simon & Schuster Canada)
Remember Me, Daphne
From the publisher: “ From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bellwoods Game comes an eerie illustrated middle grade novel about a girl whose new friend and neighbor may have moved into a haunted house.
Some spirits never leave.
When a new family moves into the creepy old house across the street, sixth-grader Flora finds her wish for a best-best friend has come true. Her new neighbor Mac is sweet and charismatic. With Mac by her side, Flora feels like the upcoming school year will be a fresh start for her—no more anxious or klutzy Flora!
But despite their new friendship, not all is perfect. Mac fits in better with their classmates than Flora ever did. Mac’s family seems to be holding back a big secret, something about a mysterious ex-best friend named Daphne who Mac won’t ever talk about. And Mac’s little brother, Danny, gives Flora the creeps. Strange things keep happening whenever he’s around.
Is Flora’s mind playing tricks? Or could it be that Mac’s house is as haunted as it looks?”
AuthorCelia Krampien
PublisherAtheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster)
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