Robert Beatty Author Event - Sylvia Doe Signing - ASHEVILLE
Schedule
Sun Dec 08 2024 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Barnes & Noble Booksellers | Asheville, NC
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Join Robert Beatty—#1 best-selling author of the Serafina Series—for a special book signing event launching his new novel SYLVIA DOE AND THE 100-YEAR FLOOD. This is the story of a young girl who must fight for survival when a hurricane causes catastrophic floods to her home in the mountains of Asheville, N.C. Robert completed the book earlier this year and it was scheduled to launch in October, but his book tour and launch events were cancelled due to the real-life 100-year floods that struck the region. This free, open house-style event will take place 1-3 p.m. Sunday, December 8, at Barnes & Noble-Asheville Mall. This will be the only opportunity in 2024 to meet Robert and get signed and personalized copies of his new book. It's also the perfect time to get a one-of-a-kind gift for all the readers on your holiday list and to support storm relief efforts here in Western North Carolina and East Tennessee. Robert is donating 100% of his earned royalties on the sales of Sylvia Doe to the Helene Rebuild Collaborative, an Asheville-based grassroots initiative focused on providing immediate and direct relief to the people and communities hardest hit by the storm.
Watch the SYLVIA DOE book trailer: https://fb.watch/uo1rsyXrxZ/
ABOUT THE BOOK
Sylvia Doe doesn't know where she was born or the people she came from. She doesn't even know her real last name. Sylvia has lived at the Highground Home for Children in the mountains of Asheville, N.C., for as long as she can remember. Whenever the administrators place her with a foster family in the city, she runs away, back to her horse Kitty Hawk—her best friend—and the other horses in the herd, the only place she feels like she belongs.
When a hurricane causes the remote mountain valley where she lives to flood, Sylvia must rescue her beloved horses. But she begins to encounter strange and wondrous things floating down the river. Glittering gemstones and wild animals that don't belong — everything's out of place. Then she spots an unconscious boy floating in the water. As she drags him onto the shore and their adventure together begins, Sylvia wonders who he is and where he came from. And why does she feel such a strong connection to this mysterious boy?
For readers ages 8 to 108.
The award-winning author Kwame Alexander called the story, "Magical realism at its best!” Both Kirkus and Publishers Weekly awarded Sylvia Doe with a prestigious STARRED REVIEW. Kirkus said: “Adventurous and suspenseful, this story pairs environmental science content with a genre-blurring mystery. Field guide-style illustrations of the animals that Sylvia encounters on her journey add a valuable learning component that emphasizes the ecological themes present throughout the book. A page-turner that creatively explores resonant themes.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert Beatty is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Serafina Series, the Willa Series, and Sylvia Doe — all published by Disney-Hyperion. Loved by young readers and adults alike, his books are being taught in over a thousand classrooms nationwide and have been translated into over 20 languages across the world. Over ONE MILLION of his books have been sold.
The award-winning Serafina Series is a spooky mystery-thriller about a brave and unusual cat-like girl who lives secretly in the basement of the grand Biltmore Estate, surrounded by the opulence of the Gilded Age and the rugged beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Serafina and the Black Cloak, the first book in the series, won the Southern Book Prize in 2016. All four books in the series became #1 New York Times bestsellers.
Beatty's second project was the #1 New York Times best-selling Willa of the Wood Series, the story of a young forest girl with ancient magical powers who struggles for survival and understanding in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Robert Beatty lives in the mountains of Asheville, N.C., with his wife and three daughters, who help create and refine his stories. He writes full-time now, but in past lives, he was one of the early pioneers of cloud computing, the founder/CEO of Plex Systems, the co-founder of Beatty Robotics, and the chairman/CTO of Narrative Magazine. In 2007, he was named an Entrepreneur of the Year.
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Where is it happening?
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3 S Tunnel Rd, Asheville, NC 28805, United States,Asheville, North CarolinaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
