Rebecca Stead

Tuesday, February 25, 6:30 PM Greenlight Young Readers Book Group discusses Liar & Spy Led by Greenlight bookseller and former teacher Brette, this book group is geared toward kids ages 8 to 14, and reads great contemporary and classic chapter books. Parents are welcome (but not required) to attend; pizza is served. For February, the group discusses Liar & Spy, a story about spies, games, and friendship. from Rebecca Stead (author of the Newbery Medal book When You Reach Me). Seventh grader Georges moves into a Brooklyn apartment building and meets Safer, a twelve-year-old self-appointed spy. Georges becomes Safer's first spy recruit. His assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer becomes more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: what is a lie, and what is a game? How far is too far to go for your only friend?

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (aggiunto da IndieBound)… (altro)

Moderator Leonard S. Marcus, curator of "The ABC of It," now on view at the New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue branch will conduct a panel of special guests: Newbery-winning author Rebecca Stead; Urshula Barbour, Co-Founder, Pure + Applied, designer of “The ABC of It” Exhibition; Emily Jenkins, former National Book Award finalist and current chair of the NBA Young People's Literature category. (lampbane)… (altro)

Moderator Leonard S. Marcus, curator of "The ABC of It," now on view at the New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue branch will conduct a panel of special guests: Newbery-winning author Rebecca Stead; Urshula Barbour, Co-Founder, Pure + Applied, designer of “The ABC of It” Exhibition; Emily Jenkins, former National Book Award finalist and current chair of the NBA Young People's Literature category. (lampbane)… (altro)

Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead

Book Group, Children's Event The Barnes & Noble Kids' Book Club is a great place to gather with fellow book lovers and discuss ideas. This month we will read Rebecca Stead's Liar and Spy, a page-turning mystery that explores secrets and the boundaries of friendship. (aggiunto da Barnes & Noble)… (altro)

Kids After-Hours Book Club Sunday, April 14th @ 6:15 p.m. Kids book club for ages 8 to 12 meets monthly to discuss two books. Kids Get 15% Off Selections! Sign up with a bookseller at the store or by calling (970)926-7323 Book selections for April 14th meeting: The Genius Files: Mission unstoppable By Dan Gutman When You Reach Me By Rebecca Stead

Location: Street: 295 Main Street C101 City: Edwards, Province: Colorado Postal Code: 81632-7932 Country: United States (aggiunto da IndieBound)… (altro)

Rebecca Stead is the author of First Light (2007) and the Newbery Award-winner When You Reach Me(2009). Her latest children's novel is the NY Times bestseller Liar & Spy (2012). When seventh-grader Georges befriends Safer, a twelve-year-old self-appointed spy, he agrees to help him track their sinister neighbor, Mr. X. But as the mystery begins to unravel, Georges must face difficult truths about loyalty and friendship. Q&A and book signing to follow. This event will be free to anyone under 18, as well as anyone over 18 with a valid student ID, and it will be included in the Festival Pass. Individual adult tickets can be purchased through TicketsWest for $15. To purchase tickets to see Rebecca Stead, click here.

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Location: Street: Bing Crosby Theater Additional: 901 W Sprague Ave City: Spokane, Province: Washington Postal Code: 99201-0214 Country: United States (aggiunto da IndieBound)… (altro)

Tuesday, March 26, 6:30 PM Greenlight Young Readers Book Group discusses First Light by Rebecca Stead

Led by Greenlight manager and former teacher Brette, this book group is geared toward kids ages 8 to 14, and reads great contemporary and classic chapter books. For March, the book group will read and discuss First Light, the first book by award-winning novelist Rebecca Stead. Peter is thrilled to leave New York City to accompany his parents on an expedition to Greenland to study global warming. There he has visions of things that should be too far away for him to see. He also meets Thea, whose community fled beneath the ice generations ago, when they were hunted for possessing unusual abilities. Thea needs help that only Peter can give. Their meeting reveals secrets of both their pasts, and changes the future for them both forever. Book group picks are always 15% in the month preceding the discussion!

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (aggiunto da IndieBound)… (altro)

Rebecca Stead (First Light, When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, When You Reach Me/First Light)

The Search for MagicI've been on the lookout for magic for as long as I can remember. When I was young, I regularly tested myself to see whether my incipient magical powers had arrived. For some reason I can't now remember, the test itself was always the same: I would close my eyes and attempt to conjure a tiny swimming pool (the ultimate wish for a city kid, perhaps). I imagined that the pool would have a bright blue liner and a twisty slide about the right size for a baby gerbil. I was a strange kid–or at least one who was open to the world's possibilities.As I got older, I performed the swimming-pool test less and less often. Meanwhile, I read more and more books. I was accepting what wasn't possible and learning at the same time what was.Books were portals for me. I loved to read them, but hated to talk about them with anyone. The truth is that I hated to acknowledge that other people had read them, that they had walked through those same doors, met those same people, ridden those same dragons, and afterward sat down at those same tables and eaten those same snacks. It was, for me, a terrible violation of privacy.Like so many passionate readers, I decided to try to write a book of my own–to open one of those magical doors myself. It turned out to be very hard. The door did not spring open at my touch the way I'd secretly hoped it would. The knob was greasy and the frame had swelled in the heat. But as I struggled with it, I caught a few glimpses of what was on the other side–snow, and dogs, and people flying by on ice skates. And those images kept me from giving up.The wonderful thing about writing fiction is that you can be inspired by the real world without being limited by its facts. You are allowed to imagine and embellish (particularly when one of your main characters inhabits an invented world of ice). I decided that my story took place in Greenland, where dog sledding is part of everyday life, and suddenly I had a cast of dogs. I discovered that a glacier could conceal a freshwater lake. I read about fireflies and learned that their light is triggered by oxygen. A glaciologist told me how to scare a polar bear with a flare gun, and why he loved his bread maker. And then I made a few things up.With help from several people, I got that first door open. Now I'm standing in front of another one. This time it's locked, and the bolt feels a little bit rusty. But if you need to find me, that's where I'll be. (aggiunto da Random House)… (altro)

Kid's Book Club for November will be discussing Jacob I Have Loved by Katherine Peterson A related snack and craft or activity will be included. Kids' Book Club meets the third Thursday of each month, during the school year. It is open only to those students in the fourth through seventh grades. Space is limited, so contact Nicola's Books or katie.capaldi@gmail.com to register Future Kid's Club themes and choices are below December 20th: Riddle Me This When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead 9780375850868 & The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues, by Ellen Raskin 9780142416990 (two hour program - 6pm to 8pm) January 17th: Hey Kids! This One's for You Down the Mysterly River, by Bill Willingham 9780765366344 (release date: 9/25/12) February 21st: Step Into Someone Else's Shoes Skellig, by David Almond 9780440416029 March 21st: The Magic of Science The Apothecary, by Maile Meloy 9780142422069 (release date: 2/12/13) April 18th: The Michigan Connection Okay for Now, by Gary D. Schmidt 9780544022805 (release date: 2/5/13) May 16th: Does Something Seem Familiar Here? The Search for WondLa, by Tony Diterlizzi 9781416983118

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