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5.04.2009

Online chat with Susan Beth Pfeffer, May 4 @ 7:30

I received this invite through my library listsev. She ask that I share it with my students and I am excited to do so. Susan Beth Pferrer won the Truman Reading Award this year for her book, Life As We Knew It.


Mark your calendar for next Monday evening you won't to miss this!

One Book New Jersey invites you & your teens to an online discussion of the 2009 teen selection, Life as We Knew It, on Monday, May 4 @ 7:30 P.M. Come prepared with your thoughts on the story, your NJ experiences, and questions for the author!Simply go to www.bccls.org/OBNJ at 7:30 P.M. where you will find directions forlogging on. This discussion is free, no registration necessary, and open to all!

Ms. Pfeffer has won various awards for many of her young adult novels, and Life as We Knew is also the winner of the 2009 Garden State Teen Book Award in the 6-8 Grade category. the dead & the gone is the companion book to Life as We Knew It. Kate Vasilik2009 Chair, One Book NJwww.onebooknewjersey.org

Katherine Vasilik, Young Adult Librarian
Franklin Lakes (NJ) Public Library

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