CLASSROOM FRIENDLY EVENT: Beloved Children's Author Jewell Parker Rhodes Joins Left Bank Books to Discuss "Paradise on Fire" | Kids Out and About Buffalo <

CLASSROOM FRIENDLY EVENT: Beloved Children's Author Jewell Parker Rhodes Joins Left Bank Books to Discuss "Paradise on Fire"


*The event has already taken place on this date: Fri, 09/17/2021
Bestselling author of "Ghost Boys" Jewell Parker Rhodes discusses her new book "Paradise on Fire" with LBB's Cliff Helm & Shane Mullen in a virtual event perfect to stream live in classrooms.

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Left Bank Books welcomes beloved award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes, who will discuss her new book Paradise on Fire, on our Facebook Live Page at 1pm CT on September 17th. Jewell will be in conversation with Left Bank Books' Cliff Helm & Shane Mullen. Classrooms are invited to join us for this public virtual event. Join us on our YouTube Live Page and order a copy of Paradise on Fire from Left Bank Books to support authors and independent bookstores!

About Paradise on Fire
From award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age survival tale exploring issues of race, class, and climate change.

Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Now, years later, Addy's grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness program. There, Addy joins five other Black city kids--each with their own troubles--to spend a summer out west.

Deep in the forest the kids learn new (and to them) strange skills: camping, hiking, rock climbing, and how to start and safely put out campfires. Most important, they learn to depend upon each other for companionship and survival.
But then comes a devastating forest fire...

Addy is face-to-face with her destiny and haunting past. Developing her courage and resiliency against the raging fire, it's up to Addy to lead her friends to safety. Not all are saved. But remembering her origins and grandmother's teachings, she's able to use street smarts, wilderness skills, and her spiritual intuition to survive.

About our Speaker
Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of Ninth Ward, winner of a Coretta Scott King Honor; Sugar, winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award; and the New York Times-bestselling Ghost Boys; as well as Bayou Magic; Towers Falling; Black Brother, Black Brother; and Paradise on Fire. She has written many award-novels for adults, including, MAGIC CITY, a novel about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Jewell is the Virginia G. Piper Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at Arizona State University.

All you need to do to participate is log in to your personal Facebook account, go to Left Bank Books' Facebook Live Page, and wait for the livestream to begin on the page (you may need to refresh the page periodically until the stream begins). You may also watch the simulcast on Left Bank's YouTube channel.


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Location:

ONLINE ONLY
Contact name: 
Shane Mullen
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
09/17/2021
Time: 
1pm