Wow! What an amazing week it is going to be! We kicked it off on Saturday with an amazing event with Flying Lessons by Gilbert Ford and we are just getting started!
On Wednesday at 5:00, Sharon Draper will be here to sign her new book Out of My Mind. Sharon’s new novel is a very personal book. The main character in this novel is an 11 year old girl named Melody who has cerebral palsy, a disease that makes it impossible to control her muscles very well. Draper’s own daughter has this same disease and much of the first part of the book captures perfectly the helplessness of the disease that the whole family feels. In Melody’s case, this disease has 
also taken away her voice. Melody, however, is not mentally impaired. She may not be able to move her body, eat by herself, or even speak beside grunts and laughs, but she has a bright mind that soaks up everything. When she finally gets a device that she can program to speak for her, the world begins to open up slightly. She secures a spot on the school’s Whiz Kids team and leads the team to a win at the regional tournament. They are invited to Nationals in Washington D.C. where they will compete for a chance to appear on Good Morning America and win money for their school. The end of this story, however, does not paint a happy, pretty image of the way most of the world views kids with such diseases, and the reader learns how strong people with debilitating diseases must be and how little it takes to make a difference in someone’s life.
Then, on Thursday at 5:00, Stacey Jay 
will be here to sign her new book in the Megan Berry series, Undead Much? I wrote a blog about these books recently, so I won’t go into that much detail here, but I am so excited about this event.
And then on Saturday we will have an awesome
story time at 10:00 with Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire by Jane O’Connor to kick off Poetry month! We will be reading the book and writing our own name poems as fancy as you please. We have extravagant writing implements (that’s fancy for a pencil) and poetry journals for everyone who comes, so all you Fancy Nancy fans, come in your fanciest for our fancy story time!
Also on Saturday, Lindsey Leavitt will be here to sign her new book Princess for Hire at 1:00. I am about halfway through this book right now, but here is the synopsis from her website. I can say that this book is too cute and just perfect for middle schoolers.
When a flawlessly dressed woman steps out of an iridescent bubble and wants to know, like, now if you’d like to become a substitute princess, do you a) run, b) faint, c) say Yes! For Desi Bascomb,
who’s been longing for a bit of glamour in her Idaho life, the choice is a definite C–that is, once she can stop pinching herself. As her new agent Meredith explains, Desi has a rare magical ability: when she applies the ancient Egyptian formula “Royal Rouge,” she can transform temporarily into the exact lookalike of any princess who needs her subbing services. Dream come true, right?Well, Desi soon discovers that subbing involves a lot more than wearing a tiara and waving at cameras. Like, what do you do when a bullying older sister puts you on a heinous crash diet? Or when the tribal villagers gather to watch you perform a ceremonial dance you don’t know? Or when a princess’s conflicted sweetheart shows up to break things off–and you know she would want you to change his mind?
In this hilarious, winning debut, one girl’s dream of glamor transforms into something bigger: the desire to make a positive impact. And an impact Desi makes, one royal fiasco at a time.
So yeah, crazy busy, and if you have any questions about any of this, give us a call(601.366.7619) or just email me! (emily@lemuriabooks.com)!
Faves of the week:
Picture Books: Hattie the Bad by Jane Devlin – Hattie is the worst kid you know! And very cute. This picture book has striking colors throughout and adorable illustrations.
Beginner Readers: Mokie and Bik Go to Sea by Wendy Orr – In Mokie and Bik’s second adventure, they finally go out to sea! The sing-song words of this book are reminiscent of Pippy Longstocking and too cute!
Young Adult: Once by Morris Gleitzman – Set during WWII, one Jewish boy tells us his fictional story of survival. Very good!
Teen: Birth Marked by Caragh M. O’Brien – this is another great dystopian novel, perfect for fans of the Hunger Games and Incarceron!
Non-fiction: Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci by Joseph D’Agnese – If you liked Sarah Campbell’s Growing Patterns (here’s our blog on that), then you’ll enjoy learning about the man who found the pattern of numbers we now call Fibonacci numbers.
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, April 7th @ 5:00 – SIGNING – Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Thursday, April 8th @ 5:00 – SIGNING – Undead Much by Stacey Jay
Saturday, April 10th @ 1:00 – SIGNING – Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt
Tuesday, April 13th @ 5:00 – SIGNING – Warriors: Omen of the Stars #2 Fading Echoes by Erin Hunter
April 22nd @ 5:00 – SIGNING – The Jaguar Stones #1 Middleworld by J&P Voelkel
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