Jess Callans, "Ollie in Between" Book Launch Celebration

Main Point Books is thrilled to welcome Jess Callans as he launches his debut middle-grade novel "Ollie in Between." Jess will be joined by him mentor, Newbery-Award winning Erin Entrada Kelly.

This event will be in our lower level. Reservations are requested via Eventbrite; walk-ins are welcome as space permits. Books are available for pre-order via Eventbrite and the store's website.

About Jess

Jess Callans is a queer children’s author and wanna-be-illustrator with an MFA from Rosemont College. He lives outside of Philly with his partner and four amazing kids, where they collectively bake, garden, and tirelessly pursue the human experience.
Ollie in Between
As endearing as it is humorous, this debut middle grade novel by Jess Callans is a tender, queer coming of age story about the courage it takes to find your own voice and choosing to just be.
Puberty, AKA the ultimate biological predator, is driving a wedge between soon-to-be 13 year old Ollie Thompson and their lifelong friends.Too much of a girl for their neighborhood hockey team, but not girly enough for their boy-crazed BFF, Ollie doesn’t know where they fit. And their usual ability to camouflage? Woefully disrupted.
When a school project asks them to write an essay on what it means to be a woman (if anyone’s got an answer, that’d be great), and one of their new friends is the target of bullying, Ollie is caught between the safety of fleeing from their own differences or confronting the risks of fighting to take their own path forward.

Host or Publisher Main Point Books