Katherine Applegate, WOMBAT WAITING

From the Newbery Award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only Ivan and Odder comes a stunning middle grade standalone novel-in-verse about compassion, resilience, and surprising friendships, following a dog named Wombat in the aftermath of a catastrophic fire.

Join Katherine Applegate for a talk and Q&A followed by a book signing at Hamline University’s Anne Simley Theatre in the Drew Fine Arts Center.

To attend: A ticket is required to attend this event. To purchase your ticket, click the “Tickets here” button and select either of the following ticket options:

• General Admission: Includes admission for 1 person to a talk and Q&A with Katherine Applegate.
• General Admission + Wombat Waiting: Includes admission for 1 person and 1 copy of Wombat Waiting to pick up at the event.

Signing Guidelines: After the program, guests will be called up to enter the signing line according to the signing line groups they were assigned to during check in. A copy of Wombat Waiting is required to enter the signing line.

Katherine will sign and personalize up to 3 books per guest with names only (no names of schools or messages). There will be additional signed bookplates to take home for guests who may want more than 3 books signed.

Interested in other books written by Katherine Applegate? Browse other titles at this link!

Photos: A bookseller or volunteer will be available to take photos of guests with Katherine Applegate. In the interest of keeping the signing line moving, there will be no posed photos.

Accessibility: The Anne Simley Theatre is wheelchair accessible and has disability parking spaces (see Hamline’s campus map here). If you have a disability or medical condition and have questions about or need other specific accommodations, please email [email protected].

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