Don’t leave your kids behind when you go to the 33rd edition of the Miami Book Fair, Nov. 18-20. There is a lot of stuff for them to do there too!
Tweens & teens will find a lineup of bestselling young adult authors in fantasy, action, thrillers, and graphic novels at the 2016 Miami Book Fair.
“For this year’s children and young adult program, Generation Genius, we’ve focused on bringing more of the best children’s and young adult literature, emphasizing reading and discovering new authors,” said Nicole Swift, program manager children/young adults for 2016 Miami Book Fair.
“When a child or teen sees an author present their books, it empowers them to write more, engages them in reading for pleasure and helps make a connection between themselves and the author, allowing them to imagine themselves capable of becoming a writer, or anything else for that matter.”
A back-to-back schedule of music, dance, and draw-offs, with author readings and storytellers is also mixed in, and perfect for toddlers to 12 year olds.
“The lineup for the young adult authors is absolutely amazing. Each and every single author is different and unique and their books can be read by anyone and everyone,” said 15-year-old blogger for Reading in the Rain and avid reader Gabi Mohrer.
“I am most excited for Leigh Bardugo and Alexandra Bracken both of their books are on my top 10 favorite book list, so you bet I am going to be first in line to see them. So excited for the Miami Book Fair! It is gonna be the best year yet!”
Below we include 12 young adult authors that will be present in the 2016 Miami Book Fair:
Victoria Aveyard’s Glass Sword.
young adult author, Victoria Aveyard
Ryan Graudin’s Blood for Blood
young adult author, Ryan Graudin
Saturday, November 19: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The comic world’s most deadly assassins are revealed in these never-before-told tales of conspiracy, danger, and rebellion with Margaret Stohl’s Black Widow Red Vengeance.
young adult author, Margaret Stohl
Margaret Stohl’s Black Widow Red Vengeance
Sunday, November 20, Noon @ MDC Live Arts Lab, Bldg. 1, 1st floor
In Leigh Bardugo’s Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows, alliances are fragile as evil threaten to tear friends apart.
Leigh Bardugo’s Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows
young adult author, Leigh Bardugo
Sunday, November 20, Noon
Alexandra Bracken’s Passenger, a girl falls prey to a friend with a dangerous agenda.
Alexandra Bracken’s Passenger
young adult author, Alexandra Bracken
Sunday, November 20, 2pm
M.E. Girard’s Girl Mans Up present the most difficult journey of all—the search for your true self.
young adult author, M.E. Girard
M.E. Girard’s Girl Mans Up
Sunday, November 20, 2pm
These fun, moving, and heartfelt stories remind us that, with love, we can get through anything: Nicola Yoon’s TheSun Is Also A Star, Lauren Gibaldi’s Autofocus, and Rachel Cohn’s Twelve Days of Dash and Lily.
Nicola Yoon’s The Sun Is Also A Star
young adult author, Nicola Yoon
Lauren Gibaldi’s Autofocus
young adult author, Lauren Gibaldi
young adult author, Rachel Cohn
Rachel Cohn’s Twelve Days of Dash and Lily
Sunday, November 20: 3pm
In Carolyn Cohagan’s Time Zero, a girl defies the laws of a future world ruled by extremists.
Carolyn Cohagan
Carolyn Cohagan’s Time Zero
Sunday, November 20, 3pm
Katharine McGee’s The Thousandth Floor, the impossible is within reach—but the cost is high.
Katharine McGee’s The Thousandth Floor
young adult author, Katharine McGee
Sunday, November 20, 4pm
The tales are classics, but you’ve never heard them told like this before. Turn the fairytales you know and love on their axis and enter these dark and twisted fantasy tales made anew with Renee Ahdieh’s The Wrath and the Dawn.
young adult author, Renee Ahdieh
Renee Ahdieh’s The Wrath and the Dawn
If you want to go:
Miami Book Fair, Nov. 13-20, 2016 @ Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, downtown Miami.
Tickets: $8/adults; $5/seniors & teens 13 and older, and free for kids 12 and younger.
Visit the site: MiamiBookFair.com
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