Marissa Burt

2PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Tween Event | Club Read: Storybound Club Read members discuss Storybound by Marissa Burt (who attends via Skype) and eat free pizza from Clockwork Pizza.

Shy twelve-year-old Una Fairchild is suddenly transported by a mysterious book into the Land of Story, where characters from books hope to be cast into a tale of their own. Una needs to figure out why she has been 'Written In,' and quickly, before anyone realizes that she's not from their world.

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WHAT IS CLUB READ? Great books, prize giveaways, tasty treats, author visits and more—it's all part of our free Club Read program for kids, and you're invited! We meet once a month to discuss a book, do some fun activities, eat free pizza from Clockwork Pizza, and have a great time.

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Join Village Books for a multi-author event featuring three middle reader/young adult writers: Anne Nesbet for her new book The Cabinet of Earths, Marissa Burt for her book Storybound, and Jillian Anderson Coats for her book The Wicked and the Just.

About Anne Nesbet, The Cabinet of Earths:

To save her own brother, 12-year-old Maya must take on the magical underworld of Paris, in which houses have bronze salamanders for door handles, the most beautiful people are all hooked on the sweet-smelling "anbar," and a shimmering glass Cabinet of Earths has chosen Maya to be its next keeper.

Anne Nesbet teaches Russian literature and the history of film at the University of California at Berkeley. She lives near San Francisco with her husband, several daughters, and one irrepressible dog. The Cabinet of Earths is her first novel. Visit Anne's website at www.annenesbet.com.

About Marissa Burt, Storybound:

When Una Fairchild stumbles upon a mysterious book buried deep in the basement of her school library, she finds herself Written In to the land of Story, a world filled with Heroes and Villains and fairy-tale characters.

Together with her new friend Peter and a talking cat named Sam, Una digs deep into Story's shadowy past to find out why she has been Written In. She quickly realizes that she is tied to the world in ways she never could have imagined—and it might be up to her to save it.

Marissa Burt was forever getting notes sent home from teachers about reading novels during class. She grew up in Oregon, and drifted eastward through Colorado, Illinois, Tennessee, and South Carolina before coming back to the Pacific Northwest. She now lives in the Seattle area with her husband and three sons. You can visit Marissa online at www.marissaburt.com.

About Jillian Anderson Coats, The Wicked & the Just:

This powerful historical fiction debut, set in medieval Wales, follows Cecily whose family is lured by cheap land and the duty of all Englishman to help keep down the "vicious" Welshmen, and Gwenhwyfar, a Welsh girl who must wait hand and foot on her new English mistress.

J. Anderson Coats has dug for crystals, held Lewis and Clark's original hand-written journal and been a mile underground. She writes historical fiction set in the middle ages that routinely includes too much violence, name-calling and petty vandalism perpetrated by badly-behaved young people. Jillian lives in the Puget Sound area with her husband, teenage son, and a cat with thumbs.

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