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RIDGEWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL
Endangered Author Tour 2013 Author Visit
Watchung Booksellers is thrilled to bring The “Endangered Authors!” National Group Tour, featuring the Story
Pirates, to the 5th grade students at RAS on Wednesday, April 24. This is a fun, hilarious game show-themed
theatrical program that includes trivia, comedy and interviews with the award-winning authors of the middle grade series
A Tale Dark & Grimm (Adam Gidwitz), Wereworld (Curtis Jobling), The Chronicles of Egg (Geoff Rodkey), and The
Books of Elsewhere (Jacqueline West.) The game requires the kids to answer questions about the books in the series so
we really need to get the kids reading! We’ll have a few books available at the library and in the classrooms but given
that the authors are available to sign and chat with the kids, we wanted to give you the opportunity to pre-order books for
purchase. To do so, please return this form with your payment (any checks can be made out to RASHSA) to your child’s
homeroom teacher no later than Friday, March 29th. Thanks!
Student’s Name ___________________________________________________________ Phone # __________________________
Grade/Teacher ______________________________________________________
Email ________________________________
TITLES (Price & Quantity)
PRICE
(20% off!)
Adam Gurwitz
$5.60
A Tale Dark & Grimm (#1)
$13.60
In A Glass Grimmly (#2)
Jacqueline West
The Books of Elsewhere #1: The Shadows
$5.60
The Books of Elsewhere #2: Spellbound
$5.60
The Books of Elsewhere #3: The Second Spy
$13.60
Geoff Rodkey
$6.40
The Chronicles of Egg #1: Deadweather and Sunrise
$13.60
The Chronicles of Egg #2: New Lands
$7.20
Curtis Jobling
Wereworld #1: Rise of the Wolf
Wereworld # 2: Rage of Lions
$7.20
Wereworld # 3: Shadow of the Hawk
$7.20
Wereworld # 4: Nest of Serpents
$13.60
TOTAL
$
QTY.
ENDANGERED AUTHORS TOUR 2013
Adam Gidwitz is a former elementary school teacher and storyteller. He is the author of A Tale
Dark and Grimm, a New York Times bestseller, an ALA Notable Book and E.B. White Read Aloud
Honor Book. His second book, In A Glass Grimmly, is both a Publishers Weekly and School Library
Journal Best Book of 2012. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit him online at
www.adamgidwitz.com. In Adam Gidwit’z mischievous and utterly original debut, A TALE DARK
AND GRIMM, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimminspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they
learn the true story behind the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches. The companion
novel IN A GLASS GRIMMLY features an exciting new set of tales. Narrated in the same irreverently
witty style the story follows the adventures of Jack and Jill and explores a whole new set of tales.
Curtis Jobling is the successful creator of the Bob the Builder television series. His
animation resume includes model work for Tim Burton's Mars Attack! and Wallace
and Gromet's A Close Shave. He is the creator, director and producer of Nickelodeon's
Curious Cow and the author and illustrator of several picture books. You can visit him
at www.curtisjobling.com. Now, Curtis Jobling, turns his talents to the WEREWORLD
fantasy series for middle grade readers. WEREWORLD tells the saga of Drew, a young
man who learns he is a werewolf from a royal line of Werelords, and the rightful heir
to the throne of Lyssia. His succeeding adventures bring readers into a series that
boasts incredible world-building. A revolt against the tyrant King Leopold the Lion
creates dueling races of Werelions, Catlords and Crowlords. With the odds stacked
against him, Drew must face up to his kingship or all of Lyssia will be lost. Booklist
says, “Give this series opener to fans of Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice series.”
Geoff Rodkey is the Emmy-nominated writer of such hit films as Daddy Day Care, RV, and the Disney
Channel’s Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas. Geoff currently lives in New York City with his wife and
three sons. Visit him online at www.chroniclesofegg.com. The Chronicles of Egg: #1 Deadweather
and Sunrise is a stunning middle grade debut—full of heart, humor, and nonstop action. Twelveyear-old Egbert lives on Deadweather Island, home to broken-down pirates and his family’s ugly fruit
plantation. Life on the island has never been easy for Egbert—less because of the pirate-infested
waters and more because of the constant ridicule of his two older, obnoxious siblings. But things soon
get even more difficult when Egg’s family disappears in a freak hot-air balloon accident. Egg finds
himself on the run from a wealthy and powerful villain who’s trying to murder him for his connection
to a hidden treasure—a connection Egg barely understands.
Jacqueline West is an award-winning poet, former teacher, and occasional musician. She came to
writing by way of opera (she studied vocal performance) and acting (she worked as an actress at a
dinner theatre while earning her degree). Jacqueline lives with her husband and their dog, Brom Bones
(of Sleepy Hollow fame). Visit her online at www.jacquelinewest.com. The Books of Elsewhere is an
award-winning, bestselling, hair-raising series for fans of Roald Dahl and Neil Gaiman. The series was
inspired by a strange old house in Jacqueline’s home town—three floors, cracking paint, sagging
porches—that was owned by a professor who created all sorts of odd contraptions.
Story Pirates is a nationally respected education and media organization founded in 2003 to celebrate the words and ideas of
young people. By pairing world-class teachers with first-rate actors, comedians, and authors, we offer a variety of tools to
make learning more engaging and effective. Dually based in New York and Los Angeles, we are best known for the Idea Storm
Program, a master-class writing workshop that brings teaching concepts to life, followed by a musical sketch comedy show
featuring stories by students and performed by professional artists. Our acclaimed programs and professional development
services for teachers are in place at over 200 schools from coast to coast.