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Wise Owl Tween Book Club: CECE RIOS AND THE DESERT OF SOULS Book Discussion and Author Visit with Kaela Rivera!

Wise Owl Tween Book Club: CECE RIOS AND THE DESERT OF SOULS Book Discussion and Author Visit with Kaela Rivera! Online

Please note: All 20 copies of the books have been claimed! You can still register to attend the author visit and get a take-home kit, which includes crafts and snacks!

 

This month for our Wise Owl Tween Book Club, we're celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month with a super fun and special visit from Kaela Rivera, author of Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls! Register for a chance to meet the author as she leads a virtual group discussion of her book on Thursday, September 30th at 4pm! This is an online event, and you must register to receive the Zoom link. 

The first 20 registrants will receive a copy of the book to keep. Thank you to our Friends of the Children's Library for providing books and snacks for the Wise Owl Book Club! All registrants will receive a take-home craft and some snacks to enjoy before or during the event! Kits are available for pick-up from Central Library on Wednesday, September 1st. Feel free to finish the craft before the event so you can share it with the club. To make the most out of the author visit, please be sure to finish reading the book before September 30th so you can avoid spoilers! 

 

About Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls

Living in the remote town of Tierra del Sol is dangerous, especially in the criatura months, when powerful spirits roam the desert and threaten humankind. But Cecelia Rios has always believed there was more to the criaturas, much to her family’s disapproval. After all, only brujas—humans who capture and control criaturas—consort with the spirits, and brujeria is a terrible crime.

When her older sister, Juana, is kidnapped by El Sombrerón, a powerful dark criatura, Cece is determined to bring Juana back. To get into Devil’s Alley, though, she’ll have to become a bruja herself—while hiding her quest from her parents, her town, and the other brujas. Thankfully, the legendary criatura Coyote has a soft spot for humans and agrees to help her on her journey.

With him at her side, Cece sets out to reunite her family—and maybe even change what it means to be a bruja along the way.

 

About Kaela Rivera

Kaela Rivera was raised to believe in will-o’-the-wisps and el chupacabra, but even ghost stories couldn’t stop her from reading in the isolated treetops, caves, and creeks of Tennessee’s Appalachian forests.

She still believes in the folktales of her Mexican-American and British parents, but now she writes about them from the adventure-filled mountains of the Wild West. 

When she’s not crafting stories, she’s using her English degree from BYU-I as an editor for a marketing company (or secretly doodling her characters in the margins of her notebook). Her debut novel, Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls, comes out April 13, 2021.

Her biggest hope is to highlight and explore the beauty of cultural differences—and how sharing those differences can bring us all closer.

 

The Wise Owl Tween Book Club is a book club for tweens 8-12 years old, featuring a diverse selection of books and exciting opportunities to meet with the author! Keep an eye on our calendar for future book clubs, author visits, and fun events!

Related LibGuide: Children's Library by Laura Jenkins

Date:
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Time:
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Time Zone:
Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
Online:
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Audience:
  Children     Tweens  
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