Book Rack Events
STEPHANIE REENTS: "The Kissing List" (Book Rack)
Friday, June 8, 2012 - 7:00pm
Bold, inventive, and slyly witty, The Kissing List introduces an explosive new talent in fiction — it’s a brilliant debut that recalls the imagination of Aimee Bender and the sardonic wit of Lorrie Moore. These interlocking stories feature an unforgettable group of young women — Sylvie, Anna, Frances, Maureen — as their lives connect, first during a year abroad at Oxford, then later as they move to New York on the cusp of adulthood. We follow each of them as they navigate the treachery of first dates, temp jobs and roommates, failed relationships and unexpected affairs — all the things that make their lives seem full of possibility, but also rife with potential disappointment. Shot through with laugh-out-loud lines, yet still wrenchingly emotional and resonant, The Kissing List is a book about women who bravely defy expectations and take outrageous chances in the face of a life that might turn out to be anything less than extraordinary.
We are delighted to be kicking off the summer season at the Book Rack with this fantastic debut, a favorite of staff members Alise and Mairead!
Stephanie Reents’s fiction has been included in the O. Henry Prize Stories, noted in Best American Short Stories, and has appeared in numerous journals. Stephanie has been a Bread Loaf Conference Scholar, a Stegner Fellow, and a Rhodes Scholar. She is an assistant professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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- The Book Rack
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- 52 State Street
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- Newburyport ,
JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA: "Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes" (Book Rack)
Saturday, June 23, 2012 - 1:00pm
In the seventh book of the award-winning Lunch Lady series, the Breakfast Bunch have joined the mathletes team, and are all set to win the championship trophy for Thompson Brook Elementary School — they only need to beat the defending champs from Willowby Academy. But Lunch Lady notices something strange about the opposing matheletes and their sinister coach. Will she and her sidekick Betty be able to sort out the suspicious competitors before they snatch victory away from the Breakfast Bunch?
Jarrett J. Krosoczka has been passionate about storytelling through words and pictures since he was a kid. He began his professional career by illustrating educational readers for a national publisher while still an undergraduate at Rhode Island School of Design. Then, just six months after graduation, Jarrett received his first contract for a trade book that he authored. Random House Children’s Books published Good Night, Monkey Boy on June 12, 2001 and Jarrett hasn’t stopped or slowed down since. He has authored and illustrated sixteen published books — ten picture books and six graphic novels. He is the two-time winner of the Third to Fourth Grade Book of the Year in the Children’s Choice Book Awards and has seen his work recommended by national publications like Newsweek, The New York Times and USA Today. His Punk Farm and Lunch Lady series are both in development to be feature films. Jarrett is happily living out his childhood dream in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he resides with his wife and daughter and their pug, Ralph Macchio.
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- The Book Rack
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- 52 State Street
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- Newburyport ,
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- United States
JENNIFER RICHARD JACOBSON: "Small as an Elephant" (Book Rack)
Saturday, July 14, 2012 - 1:00pm
Ever since Jack can remember, his mom has been unpredictable, sometimes loving and fun, other times caught in a whirlwind of energy and "spinning" wildly until it’s over. But Jack never thought his mom would take off during the night and leave him at a campground in Acadia National Park, with no way to reach her and barely enough money for food. Any other kid would report his mom gone, but Jack knows by now that he needs to figure things out for himself — starting with how to get from the backwoods of Maine to his home in Boston before DSS catches on. With nothing but a small toy elephant to keep him company, Jack begins the long journey south, a journey that will test his wits and his loyalties — and his trust that he may be part of a larger herd after all.
Jennifer Richard Jacobson received her master’s in education from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has taught preschool through sixth grade and has served as Curriculum Coordinator, Head of Studies or Language Arts Specialist in several New England schools. As a continuing author-in-residence and educational consultant, Jennifer has worked with thousands of teachers and administrators to help students reach their highest potential.
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- The Book Rack
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- 52 State Street
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- Newburyport ,
ELAINE TAMMI & KARIN A. TAMMI present "Scallops: A New England Coastal Cookbook" (Book Rack)
Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 7:00pm
At long last, a seafood cookbook devoted to New England’s most prized and valuable shellfish! With encouragement from cooking icon Julia Child, "scallop foodies" Elaine and Karin Tammi, a mother/daughter team, have written a cookbook about the scallop fishery. Scallops: A New England Coastal Cookbook is a one-of-a-kind cookbook weaving together some of the best scallop recipes in New England with interviews from Nantucket bay scallop fishermen, marine scientists, world-renowned chefs, shuckers, and sea scallopers to provide an insider’s view into these fisheries. The authors provide an exciting range of recipes from "Fusion" and "Contemporary French" to "Mediterranean" and "Asian," including appetizers, cold salads with warm dressings, baked, broiled, grilled, fried, sauteed, stir-fry, poached and tempura scallop recipes. These tantalizing recipes are accompanied by easy-to-identify symbols indicating dishes that can be prepared in thirty minutes or less and those containing fewer than six ingredients. Additionally, a portion of the funds from the sale of this cookbook will be donated to the Fishermen’s Emergency Relief Fund in New Bedford, MA.
We’ll be tasting some of these delectable recipes, so bring your appetite for scallops!
Elaine Tammi enjoys living by the sea in Sandwich, on Cape Cod, writing mysteries, reading and making scallop crafts. Karin Tammi is a shellfish biologist who manages a Shellfish Hatchery at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island. She researched bay scallop restoration at the University of Rhode Island and lives in Little Compton, RI. Elaine and Karin have co-authored articles for Food Arts magazine and Coastal Living magazine.
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- The Book Rack
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- 52 State Street
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- Newburyport ,
GREGORY MONE: "Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on the Titanic" (Book Rack)
Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 1:00pm
A stowaway, a stolen book, a murderous villain: an adventure on the most famous shipwreck in history. The great ocean liner Titanic is preparing to cross the Atlantic. On board is a sinister thief bent on stealing a rare book that may be the key to unlocking infinite treasure, a wealthy academic traveling home to America with his rare book collection, and Patrick Waters, a twelve-year-old Irish boy who is certain that his job as a steward on the unsinkable ship will be the adventure of a lifetime. Disguises, capers, and danger abound as the ship makes its way toward that fateful iceberg where Patrick will have to summon all his wits in order to survive.
Gregory Mone is a novelist, magazine writer, science journalist, and speaker. He has written articles for many magazines, including Popular Science and National Geographic, and his books for adults include The Truth About Santa: Wormholes, Robots, and What Really Happens on Christmas Eve and the novel The Wages of Genius. He is the author of the middle-reader novel Fish, which received the Carol Otis Hurst prize for the best children’s writing in New England. Gregory lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife and two daughters.
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- The Book Rack
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- 52 State Street
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- Newburyport ,
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- United States
AMMI-JOAN PAQUETTE: The Tiptoe Guide to Tracking Mermaids (Andover) · Friday, May 18, 10am
This beautiful picture book is the follow-up to The Tiptoe Guide to Tracking Fairies, which was chosen as one of the “Best Books for Children 2009” by the Association of Booksellers for Children. READ MORE >
CHARLOTTE ROGAN: The Lifeboat (Spirit) · Wed., May 23, 7pm
The Lifeboat is a page-turning novel of hard choices and survival, narrated by a woman as unforgettable and complex as the events she describes. READ MORE>
MICKY WARD: A Warrior's Heart (Andover) · Thursday, May 31, 7pm
In his own words, "Irish" Micky Ward tells his inspirational life story as only he can. We are thrilled to have Micky sharing that story at the Andover Bookstore. Please join us for this truly spectacular event! READ MORE >
Upcoming Events
- CHARLOTTE ROGAN: "The Lifeboat" (Spirit)(5 days)
- MICKY WARD: "A Warrior's Heart" (Andover)(13 days)
- YANA BARTON will read from "SuperDad!" (Andover)(21 days)
- STEPHANIE REENTS: "The Kissing List" (Book Rack)(21 days)
- JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA: "Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes" (Book Rack)(36 days)
- Samuel Forman: "Dr. Joseph Warren: The Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, and the Birth of American Liberty" (Spirit/Abbot)(54 days)
- JENNIFER RICHARD JACOBSON: "Small as an Elephant" (Book Rack)(57 days)
- ELAINE TAMMI & KARIN A. TAMMI present "Scallops: A New England Coastal Cookbook" (Book Rack)(69 days)
- GREGORY MONE: "Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on the Titanic" (Book Rack)(71 days)
- TOM FITZGERALD: "Poor Richard's Lament" (Spirit/Abbot)(75 days)
- RON TANNER: "From Animal House to Our House: A Love Story" (Spirit/Abbot)(89 days)
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