By R.A. Dickey
Dial
240 pages
$17.99
“Dickey has set a new standard for athlete autobiographies.”
—Publishers Weekly
By Julia Watts
Bella Books
264 pages
$11.95
“A moving story set in the shadow of World War II for readers of all ages from the author of Finding H.F.”
—From the publisher
By Alan Gratz
Scholastic Press
272 pages
$16.99
“Gratz ably conveys Yanek’s incredulity (‘Not long ago, all these half-dead creatures around me had been people’), fatalism, yearning, and determination in the face of the unimaginable.”
—Publishers Weekly
By Rosemary Zibart
Artemesia Publishing
188 pages
$24.95
“Forced Journey: The Saga of Werner Berlinger… is not only an interesting read but there were many times in the story when I felt that what happened to Werner was what happened to me.”
—Henry Frankel, President, One Thousand Children
August 9, 2013 Franklin novelist Kristin O’Donnell Tubb takes readers on a madcap quest through the streets of New Orleans in her zodiac-themed thriller, The 13th Sign. On the day Jalen Jones turns thirteen, she pays a visit to the French Quarter emporium of voodoo priestess Madame Beausoleil and leaves the shop with a small leather book called The Keypers of the Zodiack. She hopes reading it will shed some light on her future. Instead, by opening the book, she unleashes ancient forces of chaos and finds herself in the fight of her life to regain the world she knows and protect the people she loves. Tubb will read from the novel at the twenty-fifth annual Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 11-13. All festival events are free and open to the public.
August 7, 2013 Art teacher and Nashville resident Jessica Young’s debut picture book for children encourages young readers to look at familiar colors in a new way, urging them to define the world around them according to their own experience. Young will discuss My Blue is Happy at Parnassus Books on August 13, 2013, at 6:30 p.m., and at the twenty-fifth annual Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 11-13. Both events are free and open to the public.
