Venturing Beyond: Death-Defying Fantasy Narratives

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

YA HQ Tent

Breathe new life into your bookshelf through these mesmerizing fantasy novels! In Darcie Little Badger's Sheine Lende, 17-year-old Shane conducts search-and-rescue operations in her community with her mother — until a local boy and her mother go missing, sending Shane to a ghostly land to track them down. David Bowles and Guadalupe García McCall's Hearts of Fire and Snow centers Greg and Blanca, reincarnations of star-crossed lovers Captain Popoca and Princess Iztac, as they learn the secrets of their past lives, wield newfound powers, and discover what may threaten their reunion. Join these authors for a conversation about their riveting contemporary fantasy novels inspired by Lipan Apache oral history and Aztec folklore!

Books: Sheine Lende: A Prequel to Elatsoe, Hearts of Fire and Snow, Hearts of Fire and Snow
Book Type: Fiction
Authors: Darcie Little Badger, David Bowles, Guadalupe García McCall
Moderator: Cynthia Leitich Smith
Book Signing: 5:00 PM at Main Signing Tent