Liesl Shurtliff, Kate Hannigan- "Time Castaways 3" and "Boots" - Franny Billingsley

Schedule

Sat Oct 30 2021 at 11:30 am

Location

1301 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637-1724, United States | Chicago, IL

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We are delighted to host an in-person event in celebration of "Time Castaways 3: The Forbidden Lock", the newest book from Liesl Shurtliff, and "Boots", the newest book from Kate Hannigan. They will be joined in conversation by Franny Billingsley. The event will take place on October 30th at 11:30am and will include a reading and delicious treats. Attendees are encouraged to come in costume!
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About Time Castaways: With the power of the Aeternum, Captain Vincent can rewrite history to create his perfect future. And thanks to Alfred Nobel, the notorious inventor of dynamite, Captain Vincent will soon be able to erase people from time altogether--including those pesky Hudson kids. Mass chaos unfolds as time periods begin crashing into one another. Central Park becomes a playground for dinosaurs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is overrun by the very historical figures it features. And the Hudsons begin to disappear, one by one, and Matt finds himself increasingly alone. But hope comes from an unexpected source: a Vermillion rebel and Hudson ally has been keeping her own timeline a secret. A race to the Forbidden City reveals that Captain Vincent broke the lock on the three pillars of the universe--matter, space, and time--that created order in the world. Only the Hudson kids are able to mend what he broke...and the key is in Matt's birthplace, Ciudad Perdida, the Lost City of Colombia, where the Hudsons and Captain Vincent face off in the ultimate showdown--a battle for time itself.

About Boots: When the Infinity Trinity hears of a Nazi spy plot that could bring danger to Chicago, Mae knows they must go to check on her beloved aunts, the daring World War II pilots Willa Brown and Janet Harmon. Mae's Granny Crumpler isn't exactly thrilled about her granddaughter and her friends trying to get involved with something so dangerous--especially when she's already worried about not hearing from Mae's dad, who is serving in Europe and fighting for freedom on and off the battlefield. But when Aunt Willa and Aunt Janet go missing, Mae knows that the sinister spy plot just got personal. They discover the evil Metallic Falcon has captured her aunts, and he is determined to thwart the Infinity Trinity's ultimate quest to bring back Zenobia and all the missing superheroes safely. With the help of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) and Room Twelve, Mae, Josie, and Akiko must use all their powers and code-cracking smarts in a challenge that will take them on a high-flying loop from Chicago to Sweetwater, Texas, to a final showdown in Paris. Can the Infinity Trinity soar to new heights and complete the biggest mission of them all?

About the authors: Liesl Shurtliff is the New York Times-bestselling author of "Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin" and other books in the (Fairly) True Stories series. She lives and spins fairytales in Chicago

Kate Hannigan writes fiction and nonfiction for young readers. Her three-book series "Cape", "Mask", and "Boots" (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin) blends graphic-novel elements and traditional narrative, history and fantasy. "Cape", Book 1 in "The League of Secret Heroes" series, received the Oklahoma Book Award and was recently optioned for film. Kate's nonfiction graphic novel The Great Chicago Fire (First Second) was a 2021 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award Finalist. And her historical mystery The Detective's Assistant won SCBWI’s 2016 Golden Kite Award. Visit her online at KateHannigan.com

About the interlocutor: Franny Billingsley is the highly acclaimed author of three fantasy novels—National Book Award Finalist Chime, Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner The Folk Keeper, and Well Wished—as well as a picture book, "Big Bad Bunny", illustrated by G. Brian Karas. She lives in Chicago.
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1301 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637-1724, United States

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