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Start: 6:30 pm
SCBWI Kickoff with author Lin Oliver -- After their parents' plane goes down over the ocean, Leo and his brother Hollis are forced into the custody of their rich and enigmatic uncle Crane, a dealer of rare and probably illicit antiques. But almost as soon as he's settled--or as close to settled as he can get in the bleak Brooklyn mansion, surrounded by his uncle's dubious staff--Leo receives a mysterious package his father put together long ago, to be opened on his 13th birthday. With the package, Leo discovers he has an amazing ability. He can hear the history of any object by touching it. But when Leo finds a strange helmet buried among his uncle's artifacts, and hears a pained cry coming from it, a mystery unravels as to its origin. Discover what happens to Leo in Sound Bender (Scholastic, $16.99) by Lin Oliver.
Start: 8:00 pm
Newspaperman (McGraw-Hill, $30) tells the story of how an immigrant's shy son from Queens, New York, rose to the top of his industry powered by little more than passion, brains, and hard work.Warren Phillips began his career working as a copyboy and ended it as publisher of "The Wall Street Journal" and CEO of its parent corporation, Dow Jones & Company. The life story of Warren Phillipsis the story of the American newspaper business. Here, the details of his vast experience come together to create a broad picture of the newspaper business -- revealing how news is discovered, reported, edited, published, and disseminated. Sharing vivid tales of working as a reporter around the world and describing the many colorful characters he meets along the way, Phillips provides a level of insight that only a leading figure in the industry could offer.
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