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November 2015

Friday, November 20, 2015 @ 4:30 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Author Conor McCreery

The world’s most famous detective meets the world’s most famous magician… and death ensues, in Sherlock Holmes vs. Harry Houdini …

Friday, November 20, 2015 @ 6:00 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Author Ian Lendler

The zoo is nice and ordinary — until the gates shut at night and the animals come out of their cages to perform Shakespeare’s works! Grab your seat for The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Romeo and Juliet.…

Friday, November 20, 2015 @ 7:30 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Author Margi Preus

History and adventure combine in The Bamboo Sword, a tale of young Yoshi, who, by a stroke of fate crosses paths with the American cabin boy Jack as they set out on a grand adventure to get Jack back to his ship before he is discovered by the shogun’s samurai.…

Friday, November 20, 2015 @ 2:00 pm
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Entre historias y canciones: encuentro con Cristina Rebull

Cristina Rebull stitches together literature and music through storytelling, songs, and anecdotes. En la sesión inaugural del II Seminario de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil, organizado por la Fundación Cuatrogatos y Miami Book Fair, la autora, cantante y actriz cubana presenta su libro Por culpa de una S (Editorial Norma), Premio Latinoamericano Norma de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil 2015. Escritora de obras teatrales estrenadas en escenarios de Cuba, Puerto Rico, Estados Unidos, Portugal, España, Brasil y Ecuador, Cristina Rebull compartirá una noche única de música,…

Saturday, November 21, 2015 @ 6:00 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Dangerous New Worlds

As old worlds fall apart and new dangerous worlds emerge, a call to action is issued to the bravest survivors. It’s time for some heart-pounding sci-fi survival stories with Rick Yancey’s The Infinite Sea and Michael Buckley’s Undertow. Presented in partnership with:…

Saturday, November 21, 2015 @ 7:00 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

It’s All Greek Heroes to Me!

Heroes confront gods; ancient wonders are unearthed; gods battle their immortal peers; and battles rage amongst men, demigods and gods alike, in John Rocco’s Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes; George O’Connor’s Ares: Bringer of War; and Peter Lerangis’ Seven Wonders Book 4: The Curse of the King. Presented in partnership with:…

Saturday, November 21, 2015 @ 8:00 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Hilarious Adventures

Spaceships! Pranksters! Alien Adventures! An International Order of Disorder! Adventures in space and on earth take a funny turn in the not-to-be-missed antics of Mac Barnett‘s The Terrible Two and Craig Thompson’s Space Dumplins. Presented in partnership with:…

Saturday, November 21, 2015 @ 9:00 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Disney Defenders Unite!

Evil villains are overthrown and reemerge, secret puzzles hold the key to preserving the Disney magic, friendships are created, and villains are vanquished, in Melissa De La Cruz‘s The Isle of the Lost (A Descendants Novel) and Ridley Pearson‘s Kingdom Keepers: The Return Book One Disney Lands. Presented in partnership with:…

Saturday, November 21, 2015 @ 10:00 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Danger, Intrigue, and Girl Power

Rebellion, revenge, and twists of fate take center stage as covert plans are put in place to exact revenge and kick some butt, in the fantasy-drenched, history-inspired worlds of Victoria Aveyard’s The Red Queen and Ryan Graudin’s Wolf by Wolf Presented in partnership with:…

Saturday, November 21, 2015 @ 11:00 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Bone-Chilling Thrillers

You may not recognize these monsters from the movies, but they’ll still hunt you until there’s no place to hide, in Joelle Charbonneau’s Need, Peter Kujawinski’s Nightfall, and Becca Fitzpatrick‘s Dangerous Lies. Presented in partnership with:…

Saturday, November 21, 2015 @ 12:00 pm
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Two 2015 National Book Award Nominees in Young People’s Literature: A Reading

Ilyasah Shabazz, third daughter of Malcolm X, activist, producer, motivational speaker, and author, is the co-author of X: A Novel—a Longlist selection for the 2015 National Book Award in Young People’s Literature—follows Malcolm from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today. Steve Sheinkin, the award-winning author of fast-paced, cinematic histories for young readers,…

Sunday, November 22, 2015 @ 7:00 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

The Pressure to Measure Up

Neal Shusterman, a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author presents Challenger Deep —Finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in Young People’s Literature—in which a brilliant high school student battling schizophrenia is split between his allegiance to the captain of a galleon that’s headed for the deepest point on Earth and the allure of mutiny. Growing up is hard enough without the pressure to be a certain kind of “perfect.” In Tamara Ireland Stone’s Every Last Word and Corey Ann Haydu’s Making Pretty,…

Sunday, November 22, 2015 @ 8:00 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Being Brave in the Face of Danger

One girl leads the effort to dig a tunnel under the Berlin Wall, and a young Japanese boy helps an American boy on the run from shoguns, in Jennifer Nielsen’s A Night Divided and Margi Preus’ The Bamboo Sword. Presented in partnership with:…

Sunday, November 22, 2015 @ 9:00 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Tales Retold

You grew up on fairy tales… but you’ve never heard them told like this. Reimagine stories you thought you knew with E.K. Johnston’s A Thousand Nights, Conor McCreery’s Sherlock Holmes vs. Harry Houdini and Kill Shakespeare, and R.C. Lewis’ Spinning Starlight.…

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Sunday, November 22, 2015 @ 10:00 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Beyond the Piggy Bank!

Filled with simple examples and numerous illustrations, David W. Bianchi’s Blue Chip Kids: What Every Child (and Parent) Should Know About Money, Investing, and the Stock Market discusses money and investing in 100 bite-size topics.…

Sunday, November 22, 2015 @ 10:30 am
Prometeo (Building 1, 1st Floor, Room 1101)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Sunday Salon with Orange Island Art Foundation

Orange Island Arts Foundation hosts its Sunday Salon South Florida, your local installation of a nationwide monthly reading series featuring critically acclaimed writers of all literary genres.  This event will feature readings from Florida writers James Tabard, M.J. Fievre and Cecilia Fernandez published by the indie press Beating Windward Press.…

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