Ellen Hopkins on Perfect
Student Literary Encounters--Middle School
Friday, Nov. 18, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
Everyone has something, someone, and somewhere else that they’d rather be. For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there. Cara’s parents’ unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. Kendra covets the perfect face and body—no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. To score his perfect home run—on the field and off—Sean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back. And Andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, he’ll be living a life his ancestors would never have understood. Everyone wants to be perfect, but when perfection loses its meaning, how far will you go? What would you give up to be perfect?
A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling Impulse, Ellen Hopkins's Perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves.
This session has been reserved for Miami-Dade County Public School students only. Attendance will be coordinated by MDCPS administrators.
Author(s) and Guest(s)
Ellen Hopkins
Triangles (Atria, $26.00), Ellen Hopkins' first adult novel, tackles infidelity, midlife meltdowns, and betrayal between friends. When stay-at-home-mom Holly turns 40, she questions the choices she’s made and her lack of direction in life. She moves into a world of extramarital sex, in its many and varied forms. Will it bring the fulfillment she is searching for? Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of seven young adult novels, including Crank, Glas, and Fallout. Her latest young adult novel is Perfect (Margaret K. McElderry Books, $10.99): For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there.
Schedule
Location
Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
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