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This is the season when many book festivals are held around the country. It prompts this month's question: What author or book-related events do you attend or participate in? Please check all that apply. Do you ever attend these events with all or some of

October 1, 2009, 186 voters

Our tour through the library programs of schools (in relation to graphic novels) finishes here, with a discussion involving some high-school librarians talking about the problems they face, the solutions they’ve uncovered, and the issues they’ve successfully dealt with. Here’s a look at what goes on in some typical schools and how they handle the reading needs of a very diverse audience that is growing up rapidly—but is not quite made up of adults yet.

September 2009

The leaves are falling, and each time I hear one plunk to the ground (they sound louder than usual this year), I realize summer is behind us. Oh yes, the “colors of fall” are just lovely, but each time the wind blows I feel like the warm days are flying out of here way too quickly. The other day, as I was driving around town doing some errands, I was trying to remember the trivia fact about which tree loses its leaves first; you know those things you learn in elementary school when you have lots of memory cells ready to dedicate to things like this. That factoid definitely was lost.

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September 2009

Well, another summer has come and gone, and this year's summer months were untraditional to say the least. The April showers of spring gave way to...well, June showers, and it seems like we had a very limited amount of hot beach days. However, it has been a great season for kids' books, and hopefully fall will bring more traditional weather (albeit, I wouldn't mind a few more weeks of warmth before I need to grab the sweaters!), as well as some more fabulous reads.

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September 2009

Well, another summer has come and gone, and this year's summer months were untraditional to say the least. The April showers of spring gave way to...well, June showers, and it seems like we had a very limited amount of hot beach days. However, it has been a great season for kids' books, and hopefully fall will bring more traditional weather (albeit, I wouldn't mind a few more weeks of warmth before I need to grab the sweaters!), as well as some more fabulous reads.

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John Lutz, author of Urge to Kill

Homicide detective Frank Quinn can’t stay retired when there’s a new breed of murdering madman on the prowl. In a city terrorized by bloody brutality, Det. Quinn and his team hunt a psychopath who lures beautiful women into a night of unbridled passion, then wakes them to a vicious, drawn-out death.

September 2009

Well, another summer has come and gone, and this year's summer months were untraditional to say the least. The April showers of spring gave way to...well, June showers, and it seems like we had a very limited amount of hot beach days. However, it has been a great season for YA, and hopefully fall will bring more traditional weather (albeit, I wouldn't mind a few more weeks of warmth before I need to grab the sweaters!), as well as some more fabulous reads.

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September 25, 2009

The leaves are falling, and each time I hear one plunk to the ground (they sound louder than usual this year) I realize summer is behind us. Oh yes, the “colors of fall” are just lovely, but each time the wind blows I feel like the warm days are flying out of here way too quickly. Today, as I was driving around town doing some errands, I was trying to remember the trivia fact about which tree loses its leaves first; you know those things you learn in elementary school when you have lots of memory cells ready to dedicate to things like this. That factoid definitely was lost.

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Name up to five authors you would like to see at a book festival who would make it "worth the trip."

September 25, 2009

September 25, 2009 - October 8, 2009

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