Shannon Stocker presents Stronger at the Seams

Schedule

Sat Oct 12 2024 at 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Carmichael's Bookstore | Louisville, KY

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Carmichael's is excited to host Shannon Stocker for her latest book, Stronger at the Seams.
About the Book:
From award-winning author Shannon Stocker comes a moving and empowering YA novel that explores what it means to find your voice and learn to advocate for yourself. Twyla has always believed things happen for a reason, but when she starts having severe health issues and doctors won't listen to her concerns, she finds herself questioning everything, including her diagnosis ... and wondering if her mother's death holds the answer.
Twyla enters high school sure of three things: Her best friends will always be there for her, the next four years will be amazing, and her mom was right when she said there's a reason behind everything. Then she gets extremely nauseous and has trouble concentrating during a field hockey game. The doctors say it's only a mild digestive issue, but Twyla is convinced they're wrong. Making things worse, her friends start ghosting her outside of school, even though they tell her everything is fine, and her dad is becoming more distant each time she asks about her mom's life before she died.
As Twyla's illness intensifies and her diagnosis stays the same, she finds herself feeling like her world is unraveling. It's not until she begins researching her symptoms herself--and discovers something in her mom's old records that could hold the answer to her condition--that she believes there could be some sort of reason for everything she's facing. But will anyone listen to her in time?
About the Author:
As the mother of one child with brain cancer and another with ADHD, Shannon Stocker is passionate about advocating for children with disabilities. She’s authored picture books like WARRIOR: A PATIENT’S COURAGEOUS QUEST, and the 2023 ALA Schneider Family Book Award winner, Cybils Award finalist, Anna Dewdney Read Aloud Honor book, and Comstock Read Aloud Award winner, LISTEN: HOW EVELYN GLENNIE, A DEAF GIRL, CHANGED PERCUSSION, among others. Although Shannon completed medical school, her own disability (RSD/CRPS) prevented her from doing a residency, a plot twist for which she is now grateful. She is driven to fill bookshelves with diverse protagonists with disabilities, as she believes every child deserves to see themselves in a book. Shannon is a musician, a coma survivor, and a believer that whether or not everything happens for a reason, we all feel broken sometimes…and it is up to us to become stronger at the seams. She lives in Louisville KY with her husband, her children Cassidy and Tye, way too many critters, and a hidden stash of dark chocolate. STRONGER AT THE SEAMS is her debut YA novel.
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Carmichael's Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Ave,Louisville,KY,United States

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