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On Writing Beloved Characters and Powerful Portrayals of Resilience in Virtual Conversation with Jason Reynolds (Award-Winning & #1 New York Times Bestselling Author)
Thursday, April 30, 2026 | 7:00 PM EDT | Virtual (free registration) | Live Q&A
JOIN US FOR A COMMUNITY PICK! Join a live online conversation with Jason Reynolds about his brand-new book Coach — the fifth and final installment in his beloved Track series. His Track series is one of the most popular middle-grade series of the last decade.
Before Coach was the man who gave caring yet firm-handed guidance to Ghost, Lu, Patina, and Sunny on the Defenders track team, he was little Otie Brody — a kid obsessed with Carl Lewis and Back to the Future, whose world gets turned upside down when his brand-new Jordans, and his father, go missing.
Jason Reynolds is a Newbery Honor, Printz Honor, and Coretta Scott King Honor recipient, a National Book Award finalist, and was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress. His books include Ghost, Long Way Down, Look Both Ways, and Miles Morales: Spider-Man.
Registration is free — just a name and email.
👉 LEARN MORE HERE! https://libraryc.org/lenoxlib/147785
✏️ TELL US WHAT YOU THINK!
Attend the event and send us your thoughts, a reaction, or a mini review of the session and we'll feature it in the next issue of The Sandbar. Send to Julie at giftedyouth@palmbeach.us.mensa.org.
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This is not a Mensa-hosted or Mensa-affiliated event. It is a free public event offered through the Library Speakers Consortium. Palm Beach Area Mensa Gifted Youth is sharing this as a community recommendation we think our families will enjoy. Registration and participation are handled entirely through the Library Speakers Consortium platform. The views expressed by the presenter are their own.
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