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Patrick Ness in conversation with Sabaa Tahir
Sponsored by Peninsula Arts & Letters and Kepler's
Friday, October 9, 7:00 p.m.
Redwood Shores Library
399 Marine Parkway
Redwood City, CA 94065
"The Rest of Us Just Live Here"
A new YA novel from novelist Patrick Ness, author of the Carnegie Medal- and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning "A Monster Calls" and the critically acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy, "The Rest of Us Just Live Here" is a bold and irreverent novel that powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable.
What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you're like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life. Even if your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions.
"Ness' deadpan sci-fi novel pokes fun at far-fetched futuristic fantasies while emphasizing the important victories of merely living. This memorable, moving, and often hilarious read is sure to be a hit." (Booklist (starred review))
Sabaa Tahir is the author of "An Ember in the Ashes" of which MTV.com says "A setting inspired by ancient Rome; a fierce battle for freedom in the face of tyranny; and a villain who makes Cersei Lannister and Dolores Umbridge look like a pair of pathetic amateurs..."An Ember in the Ashes" is at the top of our must-read list for 2015."
The event is free - please register today.
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LocationRedwood Shores Library (View)
399 Marine Pkwy
Redwood City, CA 94065
United States
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