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Meet Meg Medina, author of the Newbery Medal winner, Merci Suárez Changes Gears! Meg shares her newest middle-grade novel, Merci Suárez Plays It Cool, in which Merci faces school drama and changing family dynamics. When one of the popular kids starts talking with her at school, she faces difficult decisions on who has her loyalty as a friend.
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Meg will talk about her new book and share the process of creating the story, invite children to write about their own experiences, and answer questions.
Meg Medina is a Cuban American author who writes for readers of all ages. Her previous Merci Suárez books received multiple awards and starred reviews and her new book is the final book in that trilogy. She also writes picturebooks, including Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away, and young adult novels, including Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass.
Imagination Friday is co-sponsored by the Tucson Festival of Books and Worlds of Words and occurs between 1 to 1:40 p.m. on a Friday with a different author or illustrator each session. Add some excitement to Fridays with world-renowned children’s authors and illustrators to promote new books and encourage children as readers, writers and illustrators. Check out our full list of Imagination Friday authors and illustrators.
Host: Kathy Short, Professor of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies and Director of WOW.
Panelist: Meg Medina
Co-Sponsor: Tucson Festival of Books
