Spellbound

Author Allan Wolf will read from his novel in verse Zane’s Trace, winner of the North Carolina Young Adult Book Award and newly available in paperback for $7.99.

 The book is narrated by a troubled teen who believes he can control the outcome of events by writing on his bedroom walls.  Wolf will read from the book and share the story of how he discovered the power of words by writing on his own bedroom walls as a kid.  Complete with photographs.  Q & A and book signing to follow. 

Wolf’s novel and his presentation are both meant for tweens, teens, and adults.  Content may not be appropriate for children under ten years of age. 

In honor of Zane Guesswind, the book’s narrator, we will be giving away Sharpie markers and serving his favorite refreshments (Mountain Dew and Pop Tarts).

Author Joseph D’Agnese will be reading and signing Blockhead at Spellbound on Saturday, April 10th at 3:00. If you can’t make it to the event, you can still order signed copies by calling us at 828-232-2228 or clicking below. There will also be a fun, free presentation illustrating Fibonacci’s work predicting patterns in nature. Great for elementary age students (and teachers)!

Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
by Joseph D’Agnese, ill by John O’Brien,Jr.
suggested for ages 6 to 9
$16.99
Available March 2010

Pre-order here:

As a young boy in medieval Italy, Leonardo Fibonacci thought about numbers day and night. He was such a daydreamer that people called him a blockhead. When Leonardo grew up, he realized that many things in nature, from the number of petals on a flower to the spiral of a nautilus shell, seem to follow a certain pattern. He had discovered what came to be known as the Fibonacci sequence!

“D’Agnese’s introduction to medieval Europe’s greatest mathematician offers both a coherent biographical account—spun, with some invented details, from very sketchy historical records—and the clearest explanation to date for younger readers of the numerical sequence that is found throughout nature and still bears his name.”—Booklist