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TEEN AUTHOR VISITS
Books will be available for sale at all signing events by the Friends of the Irving Public Library. You are welcome to bring your own copies to be signed. For more information, call (972) 721-2606.
John Corey Whaley
Where Things Come Back Party
Thursday, June 28, 2 p.m.
Central Library Auditorium
801 W. Irving Blvd

Come celebrate this year’s Printz award winning book, Where Things Come Back, as we join the woodpecker mania by making limited edition t-shirts and collectible buttons. Meet author, John Corey Whaley, who will be celebrating with us. Get your Lazarus woodpecker before they’re gone! Open to teens in grades 6-12 only.

Author Visit & Signing
Thursday, June 28, 7 p.m.
Central Library Auditorium
801 W. Irving Blvd

Meet award-winning author, John Corey Whaley, who wrote Where Things Come Back. Whaley has received the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature and the William C. Morris YA Debut Award. He will be speaking followed by a Q&A session and book signing. Open to teens and adults.
Realm of the Unknown Authors
Realm of the Unknown Party
Thursday, July 19, 2 p.m.
Central Library Auditorium
801 W. Irving Blvd

Come celebrate the realms of science fiction, fairy tales, paranormal, and dystopian! Join us as we light the unknown with glow-in-the-dark keychains and make buttons that are out of this world. Meet special guests and authors, Beth Revis, Jackson Pearce, Andrea Cremer, Marie Lu, & Rosemary Clement-Moore, who will be partying with us. So frexing awesome! Open to teens in grades 6-12 only.

Young Adult Author Panel & Signing
Thursday, July 19, 7 p.m.
Central Library Auditorium
801 W. Irving Blvd

Explore the Realm of the Unknown with young adult authors—Beth Revis, Jackson Pearce, Andrea Cremer, and Marie Lu. Led by moderator and author, Rosemary Clement-Moore, the authors will explore the realms of science fiction, fairy tales, paranormal, and dystopian. A signing will follow the moderated panel. Open to teens and adults.

Jason Henderson
Author Visit & Signing
Thursday, July 26, 2 p.m.
Valley Ranch Library
401 Cimarron Trail

Author of the Alex Van Helsing series will be here to talk about his writing, his series and to autograph books, including his new release, Alex Van Helsing: The Triumph of Death. Open to teens and adults. For more information, call 972-721-4669.

What Everyone is Saying About...
Where Things Come Back
"Every now and then a book rises to the top. Where Things Come Back soars. Keep your eye on author Corey Whaley. That is, if you can see the stratosphere." --Ellen Hopkins, New York Times bestselling author of the Crank Trilogy
Beth Revis