Louisiana Book Festival 2014
Two years ago, I took a group of about 9 members of Bookmarked to Baton Rouge for the annual book festival . We skipped last year, but there were so many young adult authors who were attending this year that I thought it was a good time to go again. Since the students had to get their own transportation to Baton Rouge which is about 90 minutes away, it cut down on who could attend. I had two members of Bookmarked join me as well as a sibling who attends a different school, and two members of BRiMS who spend every lunch period with me. The kids all had a blast. From 10:30 until 4, we attended three author sessions and three author signings, ate lunch, visited the exhibitors and authors hawking books at tables and climbed the steps of the state capitol. Ruta Sepetys on the left and Chris Wiltz on the right The students with the authors, and I am standing on the right Our first stop was a 30 minute presentation by Ruta Sepetys, who I call my friend and who visited ...