Join us for an author talk with award winning children’s author, Lauren Wolk! Wolk is the author of three middle grade novels Echo Mountain, Beyond the Bright Sea,and Wolf Hollow, a 2017 Newbery Honor Book. This talk will focus on Beyond the Bright Sea, and the history and research behind it. Beyond the Bright Sea is a work of historical fiction and is set in the Elizabeth Islands, in our home state of Massachusetts. Talk will conclude with a brief Q&A. Books will be available for purchase at the event from Books & Sundry. 

 Beyond the Bright Sea is a heartfelt adventure story about Crow,  a twelve-year-old orphan who begins to search for her roots.  Spying a fire across the sea jump-starts this journey for Crow and  leads her on a mysterious and sometimes dangerous trail of self discovery and belonging.

This event has been developed with a donation from the Jen Kane Scholarship and Charitable Trust which provides scholarships, endowments and donations to charitable foundations in memory of Jen Kane, a Plymouth native who lost her life in the World Trade Center on September 11th. Children who attend will recieve a free book related to American history or culture.