Alan Gratz’s new novel for middle schoolers dramatizes the Battle of Okinawa
With Grenade, Alan Gratz has written a war novel in which people find the strength to look past differences and into the eyes of their fellow frightened human beings.
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In Courtney Stevens’s latest YA novel, young survivors learn to face (and enjoy) life again
In Four Three Two One, Nashville YA novelist Courtney Stevens explores what it’s like to be a young survivor of senseless violence. Stevens will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on November 16.
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In his debut picture book, Grant Maloy Smith merges music and merry-making in a marsupial-filled Christmas tale
What happens when Rudolph comes down with the flu and Santa’s reindeer aren’t fit to fly? Singer/songwriter Grant Maloy Smith answers that question in his debut picture book, Fly Possum Fly. He will appear at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on November 13, along with musician EmiSunshine.
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Julia Watts’s new novel for teens finds room for friendship in the so-called culture wars
Quiver, Julia Watts’s new novel for teens, is a story of acceptance against all odds. Watts will appear at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on October 28 at 2 p.m.
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Cressida Cowell brings readers the second installment in The Wizards of Once series
Cressida Cowell will visit the 2018 Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 12-14, to discuss Twice Magic, the second book in The Wizards of Once series for children.
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Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor talks with Chapter 16 about her two new books for children
The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will visit the Southern Festival of Books to discuss her new books for young readers, Turning Pages: My Life Story and The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor. The festival will be held in Nashville October 12-14.
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