The powerHouse Arena invites you to
a joint reading

Rebecca Stead

Author of Liar & Spy and Newbery Medal-winning When You Reach Me

&

RJ Palacio

author of Wonder

Saturday, September 15, 4–5 PM
Ages 8–12

The powerHouse Arena · 37 Main Street (corner of Water & Main St.) · DUMBO, Brooklyn
For more information, please call 718.666.3049
RSVP appreciated: kids@powerHouseArena.com

A Saturday afternoon treat for avid middle grade readers (8-12) and beyond. Author of the recently-published Liar & Spy and the Newbery Medal-winning When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead, and R.J. Palacio, author of the highly praised Wonder, come to the store for a reading and signing.

Can't come to the event but would like a SIGNED copy of Rebecca Steads' new book Liar & Spy or R.J. Palacio's Wonder please click here to order.

About Liar & Spy:

"Chock-full of fascinating characters and intelligent questions, this is as close to perfect as middle-grade novels come." —Publishers Weekly, Starred

From Rebecca Stead, the author of the Newbery Medal book When You Reach Me (2009), Liar & Spy is a touching and intriguing story about spies, games, hidden truths, and friendship. When seventh grader Georges (the S is silent) moves into a Brooklyn apartment building, he meets Safer, a twelve-year-old coffee-drinking loner and self-appointed spy. Georges becomes Safer's first spy recruit. His assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer becomes more demanding, Georges starts to wonder—how far is too far to go for your only friend?

Liar & Spy is an inspired, often-funny story about destiny, goofy brilliance, and courage. Stead has created a cast of memorable, quirky characters and, as with the Newbery Medal-winning When You Reach Me, the fascinating plot will keep readers guessing to the last page—Is this real? Is it a game? What does each person have to hide?

Upon its publication in 2009, Stead's When You Reach Me, was universally embraced by critics, educators, librarians, parents, and young readers alike. A classic-in-the-making, it has sold over half a million copies in all editions and was a New York Times Notable Book, New York Times bestseller, and winner of the 2010 John Newbery Medal.

About the Author:

Rebecca Stead is the author of When You Reach Me and her first novel for children, First Light (Wendy Lamb Books/Yearling), a Junior Library Guild selection and a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year (2008). Stead grew up in New York City, where she worked as a public defender until about ten years ago. She lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her husband and their sons.

About Wonder:

"Do yourself a favor and read this book—your life will be better for it."—Nicholas Sparks, #1 New York Times bestselling author

August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. WONDER, now a New York Times bestseller, begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community's struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.

In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel "a meditation on kindness"—indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.

About the Author:

R.J. Palacio lives in NYC with her husband, two sons, and two dogs. For more than twenty years, she was an art director and graphic designer, designing book jackets for other people while waiting for the perfect time in her life to start writing her own novel. But one day several years ago, a chance encounter with an extraordinary child in front of an ice cream store made R. J. realize that the perfect time to write that novel had finally come. Wonder is her first novel. She did not design the cover, but she sure does love it.

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