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Kwame Alexander Author Event

10/15/2018 - 7:00pm

Join us as we welcome New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander to talk about and sign copies of his new book Swing! Best friends Walt and Noah decide to use their voices to grow more good in the world, but first they've got to find cool. Walt is convinced junior year is their year, and he has a plan to help them woo the girls of their dreams and become amazing athletes. Never mind that he and Noah failed to make the high school baseball team yet again, and Noah's love interest since third grade, Sam, has him firmly in the friend zone. Status quo seems inevitable until Noah stumbles on a stash of old love letters. Each page contains the words he's always wanted to say to Sam, and he begins secretly creating artwork using the lines that speak his heart. But when his private artwork becomes public, Noah has a decision to make: continue his life in the dugout and possibly lose the girl forever, or take a swing and make his voice heard? Tickets are free, but registration required. Pre-order your copy of Swing! below.

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the bestselling author of 28 books, including Swing, Solo, and Rebound, the follow-up to his, Newberry medal-winning novel, The Crossover. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Prize, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. He believes that poetry can change the world, and he uses it to inspire and empower young people around the world through THE WRITE THING, his K-12 Writing Workshop. The 2018 NEA Read Across America Ambassador, Kwame is the founder of VERSIFY, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and the host and producer of the literary variety/talk show, Bookish, which airs on Facebook Watch. He's led cultural exchange delegations to Brazil, Italy, Singapore, and Ghana, where he built the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded.

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Urban Grace
902 Market St
Tacoma, WA 98402
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Swing By Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess Cover Image
$18.99
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ISBN: 9780310761914
Published: Clarion Books - October 2nd, 2018

Swing By Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess Cover Image
$10.99
ISBN: 9780310761877
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Published: Clarion Books - October 1st, 2018