Sydney Dunlap & Kate Albus

Name: Sydney Dunlap & Kate Albus
Start: 2025-02-27T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 11911 Freedom Dr, Reston, VA, United States, Virginia 20190

Schedule

Thu, 27 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

11911 Freedom Dr, Reston, VA, United States, Virginia 20190 | Reston, VA

Join us at Scrawl Books on Thursday, February 27 at 7PM as we welcome Sydney Dunlap and Kate Albus! Sydney and Kate will be discussing Racing the Clouds, Sydney’s new middle grade book about the complexity of family relationships, the value of forgiveness, and how to find a way through a tough situation with resilience and hope.
Order ahead here: https://www.scrawlbooks.com/event/sydney-dunlap-kate-albus

ABOUT THE BOOK
Blaming herself for the accident leading to her mother’s opioid addiction, thirteen-year-old Sage hopes to fix what’s gone wrong by visiting her estranged grandparents, where she learns about the complexity of family relationships, the value of forgiveness, and how to find her way forward with resilience and hope.
If thirteen-year-old Sage had done one thing differently that day last November, everything would be fine. Only she didn't, so she and her dad had to leave Philadelphia for a new life in middle-of-nowhere Virginia. Her dad has never actually said he blames her for what happened, but how could he not?
Sage is determined to push it all out of her mind, but then, just before summer vacation, she hears from the grandparents she’s never met. They want her to visit, and she realizes this could be her chance to mend the rift that’s kept everybody apart.
When she meets Grandmother Marion, though, Sage is sure her trip is headed for disaster. Except she wasn’t counting on making a new friend or rescuing a sweet stray dog. With them by her side, maybe she can find the courage to face what she's been avoiding all along.
From the award-winning author of It Happened on Saturday comes a heartfelt and empowering story that explores the complexity of family relationships, the value of forgiveness, and how to find your way forward in a tough situation with resilience and hope.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sydney Dunlap is a former elementary school teacher who has worked with at-risk youth in a variety of settings, and she enjoys reading and writing heartfelt, hopeful fiction that expands young readers' awareness of tough topics. She is a published poet and has also written for a newspaper. A lifelong animal lover, Sydney lives with her family in a home where the dogs and cats outnumber the people. You can visit her online at http://sydneydunlap.com .
Kate Albus is the award-winning author of A Place to Hang the Moon, a JLG Gold Standard Selection, Indie Pick, and recipient of three starred reviews. She grew up in New York and now lives with her family in rural Maryland, where an already-dangerous pile of reading material on her nightstand grows daily. Visit her at http://katealbus.com .