National Book Award Finalist to speak at Rockport library - Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
The Rockport Public Library will present an author talk and question & answer session with middle-grade author and National Book Award Finalist, Leslie Connor, Wednesday, Aug. 3 from 4 to 5 p.m. Her newest title, "Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?" takes place in coastal Maine. You can check out Leslie Connor's newest book at the library.
Leslie Connor is a "dedicated daydreamer" and writer who believes middle grade is her wheelhouse. She is the award-winning author of the novel "Waiting for Normal," winner of the ALA Schneider Family Book Award; "All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook;" an E.B White Read Aloud finalist; "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle," a National Book Award finalist and winner of the ALA Schneider Family Book Award, and "A Home for Goddesses and Dogs." Her most recent title is, "Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?" Connor lives with her husband and rescue dogs in a little house in the Connecticut woods.
"Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?" by Leslie Connor
"Anybody Here Seen Frenchie" tells the story of 11-year-old Aurora Petrequin's best friend, who has never spoken a word to her. In fact, Frenchie Livernois doesn't talk. Aurora is bouncy, loud, and impulsive — "a big old blurter." Making friends has never come easily. When Frenchie, who is autistic, silently chose Aurora as his person back in third grade, she chose him back. They make a good team, sharing their love of the natural world in coastal Maine.
In the woods, Aurora and Frenchie encounter a piebald deer, a rare creature with a coat like a patchwork quilt. Whenever it appears, Aurora feels compelled to follow.
At school, Aurora looks out for Frenchie, who has been her classmate until this year. One morning, Frenchie doesn't make it to his classroom. Aurora feels she's to blame. The entire town begins to search, and everyone wonders: how is it possible that nobody has seen Frenchie?
At the heart of this story is the friendship between hyper-talkative Aurora and nonvocal Frenchie. Conflict arises when Aurora is better able to expand her social abilities and finds new friends. When Frenchie goes missing, Aurora must figure out how to use her voice to help find him and lift him up when he is found.
The talk will take place in the Rockport room and is for ages six and older. No registration is required.
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