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Join Anderson’s Bookshop for an author event with Amanda Zieba, to celebrate the release of Life in the Passenger Seat, on Tuesday, August 12th at 7:00 pm in our Naperville store. Zieba will be in conversation with author Jasmine Warga.
Event Format
We will begin checking you in approximately 30 minutes before the start time. After a presentation and Q&A with the author, the line will form in numbered order with the following guidelines:
Posed photo with your camera taken by our staff
There is a limit of 2 books from home to be signed (unless otherwise stated)
There is a limit of 1 personalization of the new book only (unless otherwise stated)
All events have open seating. The “Order Line Number” on your pdf ticket is your reserved place in the signing line. You will line up to meet the author based on that number.
If you cannot attend, you must pick up your book (if included with ticket) at the hosting store within 30 days of the event. We can ship that book to you for an additional charge of $9.99; please call the store to arrange that.
Pre-registration is required for this event because space is limited.
More about Life in the Passenger Seat:
Life for Shelby Morris has been one giant road trip, but not the good kind. After a series of evictions, her free-spirited, classic-Mustang-driving mother Gina has decided to move them to Michigan to put her passion for cars to work at the Ford Factory.
Just when their aimless wandering finally has a direction, they run out of gas and cash to buy more. What looks like a dead end may be the jump start Shelby needs for a normal life. While they earn their keep cleaning motel rooms, Shelby gets to go to school and finally, her true heart’s desire, compete on a gymnastics team. But when her mother, who doesn’t like to be reminded that she is in fact a mom, takes off, things get complicated. Shelby turns to school for help and is placed in foster care with her coach and his wife.
In many ways, life has never been so good for Shelby. Coach feels like the father she never had, she’s making friends, and things in the gym are better than ever. For the first time in her life, Shelby’s greatest concern is where she’ll land in the line up. But everything could change if Gina comes back. Even when she’s not around, Gina’s in charge of the map, directing the route of Shelby’s life, pushing her to wonder, what would life feel like if she were in the driver’s seat. This twist on the underdog sports story will speed straight into the hearts of readers.
The book also includes nonfiction backmatter about Foster Care from Miami Dolphin and Foster Care Advocate, Alec Ingold as well as tips for bouncing back mentally from a physical injury by Vanderbilt University Sports Psychologist Julie Sutcliffe.
About the Author:
Amanda Zieba is a writer, educator (and former gymnast!) who believes in the power of storytelling to inspire, connect, and create change. Born and raised in Wisconsin, she grew up balancing academics and athletics. These days, she’s still managing sports schedules—but now, it’s for her ballplayer sons and college coach husband instead of herself. When she’s not writing, you can usually find her in the bleachers, cheering them on with a novel in one hand and a notebook in the other.
With a background in teaching and a passion for supporting students and educators, she helps make reading more engaging through her Word Nerd Collaborative membership and Learning with the Word Nerd YouTube channel.
Connect with her at www.amandazieba.com and on YouTube at Learning with the Word Nerd.
About the Conversation Partner:
Jasmine Warga is the New York Times bestselling author of Other Words for Home, a Newbery Honor Book and a Walter Honor Book for Younger Readers; The Shape of Thunder; and A Rover’s Story. Her teen books, Here We Are Now and My Heart and Other Black Holes, have been translated into over twenty-five languages. She lives in the Chicago area with her family. You can visit Jasmine online at jasminewarga.com.
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Accessibility:
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