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Dinner at the Kids' Table

Tuesday, September 19  -  7:30 – 9:00 pm

Washington / Clark Ballroom
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Sponsored by  Scholastic                                                                                                                                                            Tickets required

Suma Subramaniam /  The Runaway Dosa / Little Bee Books
   
Inspired by both the Gingerbread Man and the beloved Tamil rhyme “Dosai! Amma, Dosai,” Seattle children’s book author Suma Subramanaim presents a deliciously delightful adventure in The Runaway Dosa (little bee books/Simon & Schuster). When Akka sits down to breakfast, she is so hungry that she forgets to wait for the rest of the family to be served before she reaches for another tasty dosa, triggering a spell that brings the crispy pancake to life. Akka and her brother Krishna give chase and are transported to a magical land populated with amazing creatures from Indian mythology, who lend their help in catching the runaway dosa. Suma Subramanian is the author of several other books for young readers, including Namaste is a Greeting and She Sang for India.
Rosanne Parry /  A Horse Named Sky / HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books
   
Portland author Rosanne Parry returns to the show with A Horse Named Sky (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins), a stand-alone companion to the New York Times and Indie bestsellers A Wolf Called Wander and A Whale of the Wild. Young Sky is a high-spirited colt who is exiled from his family band of wild horses, then captured by humans to run for the Pony Express. The landscape Sky and his family have always known is changing, and if they are to survive, Sky knows he will have to find the courage and strength to rejoin his family and challenge the old stallion to lead the herd. In addition to writing a number of PNBA favorite middle-grade novels and picture books for younger readers, Rosanne Parry works as an independent bookseller.
Ali Terese /  Free Period / Scholastic Press
   
Best friends Helen and Gracie relish pranking their way through middle school, frequently landing them in hot water. Now they’ve been called in the principal’s office – again – and are ordered to care about something in order to stem their hijinks. The friends join the school’s Community Action Club, thinking this will get them off the hook with as little effort as possible. In Ali Terese’s Free Period (Scholastic), the issue of period equity is finally what engages Helen and Gracie, helping them to begin to change their ways, but getting them deeper in trouble, even with one another, than ever. Ali Terese loves writing funny and heartfelt stories for middle grade readers. Free Period, to be published in March 2024, is her first book.
Nisi Shawl /  Speculation / Lee & Low Books Inc.
   
A pair of magical spectacles leads to an exciting historical mystery in Speculation (Tu Books/Lee & Low), Nisi Shawl’s first book for middle grade readers. When Winna breaks her glasses, her grandfather gives her a pair of old-fashioned silver spectacles that belonged to her great-aunt Estelle. The magic of the spectacles takes Winna back into her family’s hidden history; history that involves an ancestor escaping slavery, a stolen baby, and a powerful curse called the Burden. Nisi Shawl is a writer and editor, author of the adult novel Everfair, and the James Tiptree Jr. Award-winning short story collection Filter House. Shawl, recipient of the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award of Lifetime Achievement from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, lives in the Seattle area.
Ryan La Sala /  Beholder / PUSH

With his trademark wit and a generous sense of the surreal, Ryan La Sala’s newest novel for young adults, Beholder (PUSH/Scholastic), tells a tantalizing tale of art, obsession and the otherworldly. When Athan secures an invitation to a mysterious penthouse party for New York’s artsy elite, he has no idea how the night will end. He goes from partygoer to sole survivor of a night of chaos and mayhem, and suddenly he is the prime suspect in a supernatural mystery of occult societies and deadly eldritch horrors. To prove his innocence, Athan will have to face the evil always lurking just behind his image in the mirror. Ryan La Sala’s previous young adult novels include The Honeys and the Indie Next Kids’ picks Reverie and Be Dazzled.