Educators’ Night, Featuring Cat Bohannon and Debbie Levy

Meet New York Times bestselling author, Cat Bohannon. Her friendly, funny and engaging new YA adaptation explores teen-related topics such as mental health and the biology behind it, how adolescent brains change, and the roots of sexism. Filled with amazing stories of both the past and present, will delight any young reader looking to understand the body—its amazing history, its wondrous capability, its oddities and mysteries, and its relevance to so many issues captivating contemporary thought and discussion.

For this special Educators’ Night, Cat will be in conversation with bestselling author Debbie Levy, whose latest book is an expertly-researched account of the small-town science teacher that ignited the Scopes Monkey Trial debate over what students should learn in school.

Come be part of this fascinating and lively conversation about issues that are top of mind to teen girls and the educators, parents and caregivers who are helping to develop their self-esteem, self-awareness and academic

is a researcher and author with a Ph.D. from Columbia University in the evolution of narrative and cognition. Her essays and poems have appeared in Scientific American, Mind, Science Magazine, The Georgia Review and other publications.

is the author of more than 30 award-winning books for young people, including the NYT best-selling I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark , This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality, The Year of Goodbyes: A True Story of Friendship, Family and Farewells and A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight over Science in Schools. In addition to writing books for young people, Debbie has experience as a newspaper editor and a lawyer.

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