We are excited to announce this year HP LitFest will be hosting a book club for 5th & 6th grade students in partnership with the University Park Public Library. Zoe Williams, the UP Public Library’s Youth Services Librarian, will host an afterschool event at the UP Public Library.
Our keynote speaker Blake Crouch was very inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. This year we are going to read and discuss The Magician’s Nephew, written as the prequel to the series. The reading schedule will be January 20th – February 9th. Everyone will read one chapter each school night. The discussion will be led by Zoe Williams, UP Public Library’s Youth Services Librarian, on February 11th.
Please register here. Everyone who registers will receive a free copy of the book. Books will be available for pick up at the library starting January 13th.
PREVIOUS EVENTS:
2025 Author Visit: Ruta Sepetys visited MIS/HPMS on February 27, 2025 speaking to the 6th through 8th graders. She followed up her visit with a book signing in the library. Ms. Sepetys is an internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction published in over sixty countries and forty languages. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and honored by the American Academy of Arts and letters, Ruta is renowned for giving voice to underrepresented history and those who experienced it.
2024 Author Visit: Alan Gratz visited MIS/HPMS on March 5, 2024 and provided an interactive presentation for all four grade levels. Additionally, Mr Gratz spoke that evening on his books and writing process to HP families and community members. Alan Gratz is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books for young readers, including, Heros, Two Degrees, Ground Zero, and Refugee.