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2013 ALA Guide to Arcs & Signings ALA Guide to 2013 ARCs & Signings For children’s, young adult and school librarians, compliments of School Library Journal Welcome to the Windy City 1820 Lerner Publishing Group for the American Library Association’s 137th Annual Conference. “Transformng Our IN-BOOTH SIGNINGS / BOOK GIVEAWAYS Libraries Ourselves” is the theme of the June 28 conference that will take place at Chicago’s 6–7 PM Carla Killough McClafferty, Fourth Down and Inches: McCormick Place June 27–July 2. From the Concussions and Football’s Make-or-Break Moment. Evi- opening general session on June 28, through dence is showing that football as it’s played today may the Newbery, Caldecott, Wilder awards ban- be detrimental to brain health. A century ago the sport faced a similar crisis and narrowly avoided becoming quet on June 30, to the closing general session illegal. Can football be saved a second time? Sally M. Walker on July 2 featuring actress Octavia Spencer Sally M. Walker, Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick Man discussing her forthcoming middle-grade and the Paleoamerican World. Blends science and his- novel, Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Case tory with firsthand accounts from scientists working to reveal the secrets lying buried with Kennewick Man, of the Time-Capsule Bandit (October 2013, S & discovered in Washington in the late 1990s. S), it promises to be an educational and fun June 29 meeting. The exhibit hall opens on Saturday, 3–4 PM June 29. To help you meet the challenge John Coy, Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a of navigating the more than 800 exhibitors’ Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball. Highlights the moment of inspiration that led James Naismith to in- booths and hundreds of author signings, we’ve vent the sport. prepared this ARC (advanced reader’s copies) Chris Monroe, Cookie, the Walker. Cookie the dog de- giveaway and signing guide so you can easily cides to try walking on her hind legs, but finally realizes find the children’s and young adult books and that all the free mini-fridges and fanny packs in the authors you’re most interested in. Publishers world aren’t enough to make her continue. are arranged by booth number. The informa- Laura Purdie Salas, A Leaf Can Be…. This poetic ex- ploration of leaves throughout the year highlights the tion includes in-booth signings, ARC and many roles they play. book giveaways, and the buzz on just a few June 30 hot new titles they’re featuring. All annota- 10–11 AM tions have been provided by the publishers.— Sarah Aronson, Believe. As a child, Janine was the “Soul Phyllis Mandell, SLJ Survivor” of a Palestinian suicide bomb in Israel that Sarah Aronson Coming to ALA? Holly Black Sara Zarr MEET Holly Black Signing Signing and Sara Zarr in Friday, Monday, June 28 July 1 # LittleBrownLibrary.com Booth 2207! 6:30 – 7:30 PM 9:00 – 10:00 AM [ 1 ] killed her parents. The novel looks at the price of fame and the meaning of faith. 1908 Charlesbridge Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, No Crystal Stair. Docu- IN-BOOTH SIGNINGS ments the life and times of the author’s great-uncle Lewis Michaux, a literacy pioneer of the Civil June 29 Rights era. 10–11:30 AM | Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy, Yes! We Are Latinos. Thirteen fictional young Latinos Ashley Hope Pérez, The Knife and the Butterfly. After a chronicle their experiences in the U.S. through poetry brawl with a rival gang, Azael wakes up surrounded by and prose in this celebration of Latino culture, his- concrete walls and a locked door. He can’t remember tory, triumphs, and challenges. what happened and must piece together the truth from censored documents and the hours he’s forced to spend 12:30–1:30 PM | Hazel Mitchell, One Word Pearl. Pearl observing another inmate through a one-way mirror. loves words, collects them, and stores them in a trunk in her room. ARC GIVEAWAYS 2–3 PM | Jim Averbeck, The Market Bowl. In this Megan Atwood, The Dario Quincy Academy of Dance Se- modern-day folktale set in Cameroon, Yoyo angers the ries. For aspiring teen ballet performers, attending the Spirit of the Market with her bad customer service and dance academy is a dream come true—but it quickly must use her wits to regain his blessings. takes a nightmarish turn. 3:30–4:30 PM | April Pulley Sayre, Here Come the Melvin Burgess, Anne Fine, Patrick Ness, et. al., Losing Humpbacks! Learn about the dangers they face from It. Some leading international YA authors contributed other ocean animals and human intervention. to this collection of original short stories revolving around the same subject—virginity. June 30 10–11 AM | Samantha Vamos, Alphabet Trucks. An alpha- Patrick Jones, The Dojo Series. As the teens master their betical treat—from the Apple truck to the Zipper truck. fighting skills, they’ll have to use the sport’s discipline to deal with real-life issues. 11:30 AM–12:30 PM | Anna McQuinn, Lola Reads to Leo. The toddler who loves to read teaches her new Carrie Mesrobian, Sex and Violence. Sex has always come baby brother the joy of books. without consequences for Evan—until the night when all the consequences land at once, leaving him scarred 2:30–3:30 PM | Judy Goldman. Whiskers, Tails & inside and out. Wings: Animal Folktales from Mexico. Folktales from five indigenous groups in Mexico are followed by Jonny Zucker, Max Flash Series. Max is an explosive information about the featured culture. hybrid of Harry Houdini and James Bond, and the De- partment for Extraordinary Affairs wants to harness his ARC GIVEAWAYS skills to battle sinister paranormal activity. Lea Pileggi, Prisoner 88. A middle-grade novel about THE BUZZ 10-year-old Jake Banks who is convicted and sen- tenced to five years in the Idaho Territorial Peniten- Laurie Friedman, Can You Say Catastrophe? The author tiary for manslaughter in 1885. captures the awkward ups and downs of teenage life in Alabama with humor and honesty in the first title in a new series. 1909 Sterling Joseph Joffo, A Bag of Marbles: The Graphic Novel. In 1941 in Nazi occupied Paris, brothers Joseph and IN-BOOTH SIGNINGS Maurice must flee for their safety in this adaptation of Joffo’s autobiography. June 29 10 AM | Cynthea Liu, Wooby & Peep. Opposites attract David Lubar, Numbed! Logan and his mischievous and become fast friends in this quirky picture book. friend Benedict get zapped of their math skills by a robot at a math museum. 2 PM | Gina Bellasario, 12 Days of Xmas in Illnois. From boats on Lake Michigan to giant roadside statues along Lee Nordling and Bruce Zick, The Bramble. Cameron Route 66, Illinois has it all—and Mia’s going to see wants to play tag with the older boys, but he can’t everything the Prairie State has to offer when she visits quite make the touch. When an errant lunge sends her favorite cousin for Christmas. him tumbling into a bramble, he finds himself in another world where his talents are appreciated by THE BUZZ the weird and wonderful inhabitants Kate Griswell, Rufus Goes to School. All Rufus wants is Anne Rockwell, Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of to go to school so he can learn to read his favorite book, the Jenkins Orphanage Band. The history of the only but first he’ll have to convince Principal Lipid, who black instrumental group organized in South Caro- says “No pigs in school!” lina in 1891. [ 2 ] as it tells them about all the wildlife that make it their 2000 Albert Whitman & Co. home. Features Sarah Snow’s collage art. IN-BOOTH SIGNINGS July 1 June 29 11:30 AM | Sid Farrar, The Year Comes Round. Twelve nature-themed haiku with illustrations by Ilse Plume 11 AM | Lauren Wohl, The Eighth Menorah. At Hebrew take readers from January to December. school, Sam is making a clay menorah to celebrate Ha- nukkah with his family. But he’s worried because they already have seven of them. L 2005 Abrams Books 2 PM | Cal Armistead, Being Henry David. IFF WOH Seventeen- L year-old “Hank” is at Penn Station in NYC with no IN-BOOTH SIGNINGS C memory of anything. His only possession is a worn Lauren Wohl copy of Walden by Henry David Thoreau. June 28 5:30–6:30 PM | Susan Verde and Peter Reynolds, 3 PM | Cornelia Spelman, When I Feel Worried. Re- The Museum. As a little girl tours the halls of the art assuring words and touching illustrations address a museum, she embarks on an exciting adventure. Each child’s anxieties and show ways to help him feel bet- piece of art evokes something new: silliness, curiosity, ter in this new title in “The Way I Feel” series. joy, and ultimately inspiration. 4 PM | Kashmira Sheth, The No-Dogs-Allowed Rule. 6–7 PM | Andrea Beaty, Rosie Revere, Engineer. At Ishan Mera wants a dog, but his mother has a rule night, Rosie is a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets about dogs. He figures if he’s helpful enough, he can who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her change her mind—but somehow the right things great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a seem to come out all wrong. visit and mentions her one unfinished goal—to fly— June 30 Rosie sets to work to make her dream come true. 10 AM June 29 Sean Callahan, A Wild Day with Dad. Dad and the kids 9–10 AM | Elisabeth Dahl, Genie Wishes.
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