Two-time Newbery Medalist and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Kate DiCamillo will be presenting and signing her new book, Beverly, Right Here. Buy Your Tickets now, we expect a big turnout!
Each General Admission Ticket includes two entrances to the event and signing line and one hardcover copy of Beverly, Right Here.
The presentation will be 30-45 minutes including a Q&A. The signing line will follow with Kate signing all copies of Beverly, Right Here and one additional book per person. There will be an opportunity to have a photo with Kate when she signs your book.
Kate DiCamillo is one of America's most beloved storytellers. She is a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and a two-time Newbery Medalist. Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in Florida and now lives in Minneapolis.Revisiting once again the world of Raymie Nightingale, two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo turns her focus to the tough-talking, inescapably tenderhearted Beverly.Beverly put her foot down on the gas. They went faster still.This was what Beverly wanted -- what she always wanted. To get away. To get away as fast as she could. To stay away.Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but herself. Beverly doesn't want to depend on anyone, and she definitely doesn't want anyone to depend on her. But despite her best efforts, she can't help forming connections with the people around her -- and gradually, she learns to see herself through their eyes. In a touching, funny, and fearless conclusion to her sequence of novels about the beloved Three Rancheros, #1
New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo tells the story of a character who will break your heart and put it back together again.