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1. Kidnapping in YA: The Live Chat
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By: Beth Kephart , on 11/1/2011
Blog: Beth Kephart Books (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  Egmont USA, Kristina McBride, Alison Weiss, Kirkus Review of You Are My Only, Cover It Live, Kidnapping in YA, Add a tag

A few weeks ago, Alison Weiss of Egmont USA wrote with an idea.  Why not conduct a live chat with readers?  Why not, indeed, find a time when both Kristina McBride (The Tension of Opposites) and I could sit down for an hour for a moderated conversation conducted within the Cover It Live forum?

The question was asked.  An idea was born.  An evening was chosen.

Please join Kristina, Alison, and me for a conversation about what happens when you choose to build a story within the frame of a kidnapping.  Did real-world headlines precipitate the story?  Are we obliged, as storytellers, to work the sensationalistic angles?  How much room can we make for language and heart and hope in a story that has such darkness at its start?

I'm really looking forward to the conversation, and I am very hopeful that you will find the time to join us.  The facts and link below:

Kidnapping in YA:  A Chat with Beth Kephart and Kristina McBride
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
7:30 PM EDT
Chat with us at this link

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