YA Novel Event Shares the Risky Business of Growing Up
What does it take to succeed when you are a teen with your life spread out, waiting for you to claim it? Edmonds author, Paddy Eger, says its tenacity. Book reviewers agree. Foreword Reviews features 84 Ribbons in their spring edition of ForeSight as one of five YA novels dealing with teens against steep challenges.
Leia Menlove, reviewer for ForeWord Review wrote, "These titles remind us that youth isn't all puppy love and teen angst... This lifetime offers boundless opportunity for growth--even for greatness-- if we only muddle through."
Eger believes it's tenacity that carries us through rough patches and uncertainty at all ages. "We possess three types of tenacity: physical, mental and emotional tenacity. Each comes into play for everyone including my ballet dancer, Marta Selbryth, in 84Ribbons."
Join in the conversation at the Edmonds Plaza Room, 650 Main Street in Edmonds. Drop-in between 5:15 and 8:00 PM when Eger shares her ideas and her YA novel. Learn more about a dancer's life and routines. Listen to excerpts about Marta's tenacity. Ask questions, enjoy a snack and enter drawings. You may also purchase an autographed copy of 84Ribbons as hosted by the Edmonds Book Shop.
Marta's story in 84 Ribbons ($16.95, 360-page trade paper, ISBN 978-0-9858933-2-3 published by Tendril Press) is available at the event, from fine bookstores everywhere as well as through the publisher, Tendril Press, and online book sources.
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