With the Star Wars theme music playing in the background, the Light and Dark sides prepare for battle. With one team comes a complete set of fan girl cheerleaders, and the other comes fully equipped with Darth Vader and his Stormtrooper. Light and Dark battle through light sabers, intense rounds of Jedi Mind Tricks, and an entertaining duel of “Fluffy…
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Shop at BookPeople All Day August 24, 2015 – Benefit #TTBF15!
Hi TTBF Fans, Our friends at BookPeople in Austin are setting aside a special shopping day at their store (603 North Lamar, Austin, TX 78703). Texas Teen Book Festival will receive a portion of all sales on MONDAY, AUGUST 24th, so buy books and gifts and help us make #TTBF15 even better! Details here. Attend an author event that evening,…
The Force is Strong: Claudia Gray at #TTBF15
It’s NOT a trap! New York Times Best Selling author of the Evernight series, A Thousand Pieces of You, and the soon to be released Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lost Stars, Claudia Gray is heading to the Texas Teen Book Festival on Sept. 26 at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. The festival is free and open…
#TTBF14 Panel Talk: Is This Real Life
We have some amazing panels this year and Is This Real Life is one of them! This panel will be focusing on books that involve fantasy and magical realism in their stories. The authors headlining this panel are: Leslye Walton; A. S. King; Scott Westerfeld; Guadalupe Garcia McCall; and Cory Doctrow!! Here is a little bit more about the authors…
#TTBF14 Panel Talk: Get Your Adrenaline Pumping!
~Post by the BookPeople Teen Press Corps This panel at #TTBF14 is sure to get the adrenaline pumping. Five great authors will be talking about their heart-racing, tension-filled, and packed-with-drama books. Don’t miss it! (We won’t.) ___________________________________________________________ Paolo Bacigalupi Paolo Bacigalupi is the 2011 Micheal L. Printz Award winner for his debut young adult novel, Ship Breaker. The sequel to…