NERD BLAST: The Forgotten Memories of Vera Glass by Anna Priemaza

 

Today, we have a Nerd Blast to spotlight Author Anna Priemaza's latest novel, The Forgotten Memories of Vera Glass. Celebrating this upcoming new release, we have a cool giveaway to share. So... Be sure to check it out and pre-order your copy now!

Genre:

Young Adult

Contemporary Fantasy

Publish Date:

November 16, 2021

Publisher:

Amulet Books

(imprint of Abrams Books)

Synopsis:

A mind-bending YA novel about a world where everyone has a bit of magic in them—but some magic is being used to change the world in unspeakable ways.

Vera has a nagging feeling that she’s forgetting something. Not her keys or her homework—something bigger. Or someone. When she discovers her best friend Riven is experiencing the same strange feeling, they set out on a mission to uncover what’s going on. Everyone in Vera's world has a special ability—a little bit of magic that helps them through the day. Perhaps someone’s ability is interfering with their memory? Or is something altering their very reality? Vera and Riven intend to fix it and get back whatever or whomever they’ve lost. But how do you find the truth when you can’t even remember what you’re looking for in the first place?

The Forgotten Memories of Vera Glass is a cleverly constructed, heartbreaking, and compelling contemporary YA novel—with a slight fantasy twist—about memory, love, grief, and the invisible bonds that tie us to each other.

       

    

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Praise for The Forgotten Memories of Vera Glass

"The narrative concepts are novel, and the characters are easy to feel empathy for. Vera’s devout Christianity is approached with nuance and has a strong influence on her character without being preachy (there’s positive atheist representation as well). . .A clever head trip." ―Kirkus Reviews

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**About the Author**

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Anna Priemaza grew up next to a field of cows, in a town with horse-and-buggy parking at 100% of the town’s two stores. She spent her days lying in a hammock under her tree fort, devouring book after book, and her nights watching her siblings play video game after video game.

For university, she moved to a city on a lake, where she studied literature and walked to her classes with her face in a book, and was somehow miraculously never hit by a car.

For law school, she moved across the country to an even bigger city, where she learned to knit and fell in love. And she realised that being in love meant she was tied forever to that new city called Edmonton, Alberta, so she settled in and wrote a book set there. And knowing she lived in the same city as her characters Kat and Meg made her feel more at home, even though there were no cows and no lake.

So now Anna is a young adult author, lawyer, and university instructor Edmonton, Alberta, where she lives with her husband and a head full of characters. She can never quite remember how old she is, as she knits like an old lady, practices law like an adult, fangirls over YouTubers like a teen, and dreams like a child.

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***The Giveaway***

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- ends November 29, 2021

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NERD BLAST: We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World by Todd Hasak-Lowy

Nerd Blast + Giveaway for Todd Hasak-Lowy's We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World! Be sure to check out this enlightening book that discusses relevant issues and the people involved from history to the present and grab your copy now!

Genre:

Middle Grade/Young Adult

Nonfiction

Publish Date:

April 7, 2020

Publisher:

Abrams Books for Young Readers

Synopsis:

A stirring look at nonviolent activism, from American suffragists to Civil Rights to the Climate Change Movement

We Are Power brings to light the incredible individuals who have used nonviolent activism to change the world. The book explores questions such as what is nonviolent resistance and how does it work? In an age when armies are stronger than ever before, when guns seem to be everywhere, how can people confront their adversaries without resorting to violence themselves? Through key international movements as well as people such as Gandhi, Alice Paul, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and Václav Havel, this book discusses the components of nonviolent resistance. It answers the question “Why nonviolence?” by showing how nonviolent movements have succeeded again and again in a variety of ways, in all sorts of places, and always in the face of overwhelming odds. The book includes endnotes, a bibliography, and an index.

       

  

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Praise for WE ARE POWER

"Nonviolence may have been the greatest invention of the twentieth century, more important than nuclear fission or genetic coding. It offers us the chance to build a working twenty-first century, and since young people will have to lead that fight, this book is a crucial gift!" —Bill McKibben, climate activist and author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

"I'm so glad this book exists! From the opening pages where we meet Gandhi, to the closing with Greta Thunburg, and in between with Alice Paul, Martin Luther King, Vaclav Havel, Ceasar Chavez, and others, it is beautifully written, informative, and so moving. Readers young and older will be inspired to rise up peacefully, to act, to change the world--to save the world." —Deborah Heiligman, author of Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of 'The Children'

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"Hasak-Lowy's writing gives life to both the people and issues involved, taking time to explain historical backgrounds and the ways the lessons from one movement affected future ones." —Booklist

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"Highly recommended for its outstanding treatment of the history of social justice. A good resource for student activists." —School Library Journal

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"There has never been a time when a book is more relevant than this one." —School Library Connection

“A striking and very timely conclusion highlights teenage Greta Thunberg’s bold challenge to fight global climate change.” —Publishers Weekly

"This excellent, timely overview will open eyes and deserves a wide readership." —Kirkus

". . .Readers will gain new appreciation for how nonviolent methods, often inspired by other movements for justice, led to victories." —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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**About the Author**

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Todd Hasak-Lowy started writing fiction for adults, but now he writes for younger readers, too. He has published two books for adults: a short story collection, The Task of This Translater (2005), and the novel Captives (2008). His first book for younger readers, a middle grade novel called 33 Minutes, was published in 2013. In 2015, Todd published a young adult novel, Me Being Me Is Exactly As Insane As You Being You. That same year, a narrative memoir for ages 10 and up that he co-wrote with and about Holocaust survivor Michael Gruenbaum called Somewhere There Is Still A Sun came out. In early 2018, a young person's history of the women's suffrage movement, Roses & Radicals, which he co-wrote with Susan Zimet, was published. His latest book, We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes The World, was released April 2020. In addition to writing, he teaches literature at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and translates Hebrew literature into English.

Todd Hasak-Lowy lives in Evanston, Illinois (just outside Chicago), with his wife, two daughters, a dog, and two cats.

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***The Giveaway***

Giveaway Open Internationally | Must be 13+ to Enter

- ends June 22, 2020

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