Conference to Explore Young Adult Literature
Jenco, Melissa, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Byline: Melissa Jenco Daily Herald Staff Writer
A good memory and two stepdaughters makes it easy for Chicago author Laura Ruby to relate to her young audience.
"I think that first and foremost I have to say I'm blessed and/or cursed, depending on your point of view, with the kind of memory that makes it difficult to forget my own teen years," Ruby said, "to tap into all the feelings I had when I was a teenager."
Ruby will be one of eight authors featured at Anderson's Bookshop's third annual Children's and Young Adult Literature Conference from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Holiday Inn Select, 1801 N. Naper Blvd., Naperville.
Store owner …
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Publication information:
Article title: Conference to Explore Young Adult Literature.
Contributors: Jenco, Melissa - Author.
Newspaper title: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL).
Publication date: September 29, 2006.
Page number: 1.
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