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Starstruck Again: NoVa Teen Book Festival and Tomi Adeyemi

It was long ago when I stopped being “starstruck.” And then I went to the NoVa Teen Book Festival and saw Tomi Adeyemi…

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Sara Raasch has known she was destined for bookish things since the age of five, when her friends had a lemonade stand and she tagged along to sell her hand-drawn picture books too. Her debut YA fantasy SNOW LIKE ASHES is the first in a trilogy.

About SNOW LIKE ASHES:

Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and rebuild the kingdom ever since.

Orphaned as an infant during Winter’s defeat, Meira has lived her whole life as a refugee, raised by the Winterians’ general, Sir. Training to be a warrior—and desperately in love with her best friend and future king, Mather—she would do anything to help Winter rise to power again.

So when scouts discover the location of the ancient locket that can restore their magic, Meira decides to go after it herself. Finally, she’s scaling towers and fighting enemy soldiers just as she’s always dreamed she would. But the mission doesn’t go as planned, and Meira soon finds herself thrust into a world of evil magic and dangerous politics—and ultimately comes to realize that her destiny is not, never has been, her own.

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JESSICA KHOURY

Jessica Khoury is of Syrian and Scottish descent and was born in Toccoa, Georgia. Besides writing, Jess enjoys playing, coaching, and watching soccer and is an avid FC Barcelona fan. She's the author of Origin, Vitro and her new novel, Kalahari. 

About KALAHARI:

When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide. It’s up to Sarah, the daughter of zoologists, to keep them alive and lead them to safety, calling on survival know-how from years of growing up in remote and exotic locales. Battling dehydration, starvation and the pangs of first love, she does her best to hold it together, even as their circumstances grow increasingly desperate.

But soon a terrifying encounter makes Sarah question everything she’s ever known about the natural world. A silver lion, as though made of mercury, makes a vicious, unprovoked attack on the group. After a narrow escape, they uncover the chilling truth behind the lion’s silver sheen: a highly contagious and deadly virus that threatens to ravage the entire area—and eliminate life as they know it.

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Jenny's 25th Checkin: NoVaTeen Recap

Today on TGNA: @JennyPerinovic checks in and recaps the #NoVaTeen book festival! @NoVaTeenBF

The NoVaTeen Volunteers & Authors.

What a week. What a wonderful, brilliant, exhausting, exciting week. While it’s been quiet on the writing front, it’s been very busy on every other front. This week was NoVaTeen, the book festival I’ve been planning for months. And it went above and beyond all of my wildest dreams.

This time a week ago, I was battling a monster cold and wondering how on earth I…

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