IMPORTANT NOTICE:

We are sorry to announce that the SHARON FLAKE event has been canceled by the author due to a personal emergency. We are sorry for any inconvenience. PLEASE STAY TUNED: we will schedule a new date and time soon, thank you.

This event has been canceled:

CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT AUTHOR SHARON FLAKE AT THE OAK PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY

Book Beat is pleased to announce that award-winning children’s and young adult fiction writer Sharon Flake is visiting the Oak Park Library on Saturday, February 20, 2010 where she will speak and autograph books. The event begins at 4:00 p.m. and coincides with Sharon Flake’s latest young adult title: You Don’t Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys. Sharon Flake gained immediate acclaim with the release in 1998 of her first book, The Skin I’m In, for which she won the Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe Award for New Talent. This book continues to be on required young adult reading lists for schools and libraries around the country and has reached classic status in the YA publishing world. Flake has also received the Coretta Scott King Honor Award for Money Hungry and Who Am I Without Him. Flake’s first book for a younger audience, The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street has also received much critical praise and is a title on the list for this year’s popular Southfield Public Libraries’ Battle of the Books contest. Her latest book, You Don’t Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys, is a collection of poems and stories concerning the thoughts, fears and realities faced by young African American men in today’s world.  This is written for boys aged 11 and up. This event is free and open to the public and promises to be a fun and thought-provoking visit from an exceptional author. Mark this event on your calendars and arrive a bit early for a great chance to meet and listen to one of today’s top Young Adult and Children’s literary talents.