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Book notes for March 14, 2021

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EDMOND, OK― Best of Books has announced the upcoming author events:

• A virtual book club event with award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore for the release of their new novel "The Mirror Season" at 6 p.m. Thursday. Book club members across the country can tune in to hear a discussion with book reviewer Alaina Lavoie and participate in the live Q&A. Register at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/book--author-anna-marie/register.

•  A conversation with Chrystal D. Giles at 1 p.m. on Tuesday about her debut novel, "Take Back the Block" on BoB's Instagram.

About the book: Sixth grader Wes Henderson just wants to hang out with his friends and play video games – not go to the protests his parents are always dragging him to. But when a real estate developer makes an offer to buy the neighborhood Wes has lived his whole life, everything changes. The grownups are supposed to have all the answers, but all they’re doing is arguing. Wes has always been good at puzzles, and he knows there has to be a missing piece that will solve this puzzle and save the neighborhood. But can he find it?

• A conversation with Megan E. Freeman at 4 p.m. Thursday about her debut novel "Alone" on BoB's Instagram.

About the book: When 12-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She’s alone — left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. Her only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. After a rough start, Maddie learns to trust her own ingenuity and invents clever ways to survive in a place that has been deserted and forgotten.

•A conversation with Ellie Cypher at 1 p.m. Friday about her debut novel "The Girl From Shadow Springs" on BoB's Instagram.

About the book: Two teens must brave a frozen wasteland and the foes within it to save their loved ones and uncover a deadly secret. Everyone in Shadow Springs knows that no one survives crossing the Flats. But the threat of a frozen death has never deterred the steady stream of treasure hunters. Jorie thinks they’re all fools, which makes scavenging their possessions easier. Then Jorie scavenges off the wrong body. When the dead man’s enemy believes Jorie took something valuable, he kidnaps her sister, Brenna, as collateral. But how can Jorie make a trade when she doesn’t even know what she’s looking for? Her only source of information is Cody, the dead man’s nephew. Soon Jorie and Cody find they need one another more than they ever imagined — and they’ll have to trust each other to survive threats beyond their darkest nightmares.
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