Monday, June 4, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Rooms 225 & 229, 2nd Floor
Author Susan Vreeland Reads from Just-Published Work
Susan Vreeland will read from her newly published work, Luncheon of the Boating Party. An internationally known best-selling author, Ms. Vreeland is a three-time winner of the Theodor Geisel Award and is known for historical fiction on art-related themes. Her Girl in Hyacinth Blue, filmed entirely in The Netherlands, was adapted for television and renamed Brush with Fate by Hallmark Hall of Fame. Co-sponsored by the California Center for the Book and presented by General Collections. For information call (408) 808-2397.
Saturday, June 9, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Rooms 255 & 257, 2nd Floor
Gunstories: Life-Changing Experiences with Guns
Photographer and writer S. Beth Atkin will present a slide show and discuss her book, Gunstories: Life-Changing Experiences with Guns. This book, containing first-person interviews and photographs, is about youth who have had experiences that have dramatically altered their lives due to guns. Some stories are very painful and traumatic and others are positive and informative. The book presents both sides of the gun issue through the voices, opinions, faces and words of young people. Atkin's other books are Voices from the Streets: Young Former Gang Members Tell Their Stories and Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories. She has received many awards, including ALA's Best Books for Young Adults; Hungry Mind Review; Children's Books of Distinction: American Booksellers Association: Pick of the List; and Booklist: Editor's Choice. For information call (408) 808-2397.
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