ILLINOIS CENTER FOR THE BOOK NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 2021 GREAT READS FROM GREAT PLACES SELECTION OUT OF THE WILD NIGHT BLUE BALLIETT FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CHASING VEMEER COMES AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY ABOUT AN ISLAND HAUNTED BY THE PAST … AND THE GHOSTS WHO MUST HELP WITH THE PRESENT. Ghosts are alive on the island of Nantucket. You can hear them in the wind, and in the creaks of the old homes. They want to be remembered. And, even more, they want to protect what was once theirs. The ghosts seem to have chosen a few local kids to be their messengers and to help save the island. But in this mystery, the line between those who haunt and those who are haunted is a thin one- and the past and the present must come to terms with one another in order to secure the future. *Kirkus Starred Review LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BLUE BALLIETT NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL W EBSITES: SEPTEMBER 17 – 26, 2021 – VIRTUAL https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival • BLUE BALLIETT’S WEBPAGE Create your own National Book Festival https://blueballiettbooks.com Experience your way: • Engage with your favorite authors • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY INTERVIEW through virtual live events and on- demand videos https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/in * Check out: Great Reads from Great Places – Children’s & Teen Author Panel Videos dex.html?channel=5&podcast=829 Presented by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress with the State Center Affiliates • EXCERPT FROM THE AUDIO BOOK • Watch a national television special produced with PBS Books https://soundcloud.com/scholastic-audiobooks/out- of-the-wild-night-by-blue-balliett-audiobook- • Listen to a podcast interview on the go from NPR excerpt • Explore new books on the festival website • ILLINOIS AUTHORS DIRECTORY http://www.illinoisauthors.org/cgi- • Learn about your national library and its collections Illinois Center for the Book Jesse White Secretary Of State HTTPS://WWW.CYBERDRIVEILLINOIS.COM/DEPARTMENTS/LIBRARY/CENTER_FOR_THE_BOOK/NATIONAL- BOOKFEST.HTML Cyberdriveillinois.com Amber Alert National Center For Missing & Exploited Children .