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This author appeared at the 2009 festival. Please view the list of authors appearing at this year's festival or see our suggestions for similar authors below.
 Mac Barnett
In The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity, Barnett introduces Steve Brixton, a 12-year-old boy obsessed with the Bailey Brothers, two sibling sleuths featured in a popular series of detective books. Coincidentally, Steve himself becomes enmeshed in a real life mystery while working on a report in the school library; a quilt containing all of America's secrets is stolen and he's framed as the criminal. Steve must find a way to clear his name while being hunted by a team of secretive librarians, enlisting the help of his favorite Bailey Brothers Handbook and his pal Dana. Also new from Barnett this fall is Guess Again!, a book of poems for young children with missing words. The endings to each poem seem clear to the reader until they turn the page to discover that figuring out the missing words requires much more than a simple guess. Filled with clever illustrations and humorous wordplay, Guess Again! will leave readers puzzled and amused by Barnett's inventiveness. Barnett is the program director of a nonprofit organization that supports students' creative and expository writing skills called 826LA. He's also the author of the picture book, Billy Twitter and His Blue Whale Problem and the creator of The Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a convenience store for time travelers.
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