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Hey there!  Happy Year!

Listen, on Thursday of this week I will be traveling over to Haslett HS to see a very popular new young adult (YA) author, Libba Bray (www.teenreads.com) Ms. Bray wrote the trilogy A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and A Sweet Far Thing.   The last book has just been released, so the author is making public appearances to push the book.  The visit at HHS, as far as I am told, is mostly a Q&A session with teachers and students.

But hold the phone!  Ms. Bray is also appearing at Schuler’s Books in the Eastwood Towne Center at 4 PM of Thursday for a Schuler’s sponsored pizza party.  If you happen to be in the area, by all means drop in!  Most people don’t get too many chances to see a best-selling author–and even if you have, why not see another?!

In any event, I am excited about the appearance and I look forward to hearing the questions from the students as well as the teachers.

Now, if you were given the chance to ask a successful author a question, what would the question be?  I am thinking that if I get a chance to ask a question, it would be much more interesting to say that it comes from one of my amazing middle school students.

Hmm, I know:  “Ms. Bray, which hand do you write with?”  No, no, that won’t cut it.

Help me!