'Lemonade Mouth' Author Mixes with Kids

Mark Peter Hughes returns to visit his parents on New Meadow Road quite often.

The author of the children's book, "Lemonade Mouth," made into a hit Disney Channel movie, combined business with pleasure on his latest trip to Barrington last Thursday, July 21.

Hughes, who grew up in Barrington, returned for the first of a series of Summer Reading Book Club Nights sponsored by Barrington Books. The nights are part of the bookstore's summer reading challenge.

Any child who reads 10 books by August 27 – when the competition ends -- will get a free book.

Hughes led an interactive talk about the book, answered questions about what’s involved when a novel goes from the page to the screen, and signed a few books along the way as well.

Hughes now lives with his wife in Wayland, Mass. He has his own website. Click here to find out more about the successful children's author who grew up in Barrington.