unREQUIRED Reading Night -- Gables

Start: Jun 19 2010 7:00 pm

No tests. No papers. No homework. Just fun reading for fun. Imagine! Welcome to unREQUIRED Reading Night with four awesome YA authors, their new books and live music: Daniel Waters brings the latest book in his series, Generation Dead: Passing Strange (Hyperion, $16.99) : Karen DeSonne always passed as a normal teenager; with her friends, with her family, and at school. Passing cost her the love of her life. And now that Karen’s dead, she’s still passing—this time, as alive. Meanwhile, Karen’s dead friends have been fingered in a high-profile murder, causing a new round of antizombie regulations that have forced them into hiding. Karen soon learns that the “murder” was a hoax, staged by Pete Martinsburg and his bioist zealots. Obtaining enough evidence to expose the fraud and prove her friends’ innocence means doing the unthinkable: becoming Pete’s girlfriend. Elizabeth Rudnick with Tweet Heart (Hyperion, $7.99) : Claire is a #hopelessromantic. Lottie is determined to set up her BFF with Mr. Perfect. Will wants his #secretcrush to finally notice him. Bennett is a man with a plan. Told in an innovative format combining tweets, emails, and blogs, Tweet Heart is a contemporary romantic comedy that will set your heart atwitter. And Emily Franklin & Brendan Halpin with The Half-life of Planets (Hyperion, $16.99) – Liana is an aspiring planetary scientist... and also a kissing addict. This summer, though, she plans to spend every kissworthy hour in the lab, studying stars. Hank has never been kissed. He’s smart and funny and very socially awkward because of his Asperger’s syndrome. Hear their story, told in alternating voices by alternating authors. Live Music in our Courtyard for Out of Three.