Book Talk with Matt Kushin (plus pizza!)

Join Matt Kushin as he discusses his new YA book, Beware the Smart Kids. (Plus our friends at Ellerslie Books are providing pizza!)
Misfit troublemaker Nolan Sussman badly wants two things before high school ends: the attention of Gabi Meyers and the return of his runaway sister, Sarah. But when his latest prank goes awry, Nolan is nearly expelled. He's forced to spend his summer doing yardwork for Mr. Barno, a reclusive former high school teacher who spent 25 years in Pr*son.
Nolan soon finds that despite the tragic mistake that landed Mr. Barno in Pr*son, the old man has something even more elusive than Gabi and Sarah-happiness. Now, Nolan is determined to learn how to be happy, too. It's his chance to matter. His shot at a future. But secrets in Mr. Barno's past are preventing the once-beloved educator from having the will to ever teach again. Secrets the two outcasts will have to face together.
Matthew J. Kushin, Ph.D. is the author of the coming-of-age novel Beware the Smart Kids. He's an award-winning professor, author, and scholar at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He's the author of Teach Social Media: A Plan for Creating a Course Your Students Will Love, and writes Social Media Syllabus, a popular blog and resource tool for social media educators.Dr. Kushin is passionate about creating a more civil and kinder world. He is a senior fellow in the Stubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communications, where he also serves on the board of advisors.

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