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Librarians Jennifer Thompson of Brooklyn Public Library (l.), author Andrew Smith (c.), and Jeanne Lamb of New York Public Library (r.) hold up advance copies of his Grasshopper Jungle. Photo by Rocco Staino.

Librarians Jennifer Thompson of Brooklyn Public Library (l.) and Jeanne Lamb of New York Public Library (r.) chat with author Andrew Smith (c.) about his upcoming Grasshopper Jungle (Dutton, 2014) at a lunch in New York City on November 8. A young adult novel set in small-town America that explores topics as diverse as science gone wrong, sexual identity, Polish ancestry, and man-eating praying mantises, it is set to release in February 2014.  

Debut author Jennifer Walkup  and WORDS Bookstore owner Jonah Zimiles pose here with a copy of her young adult mystery, Second Verse.

At a WORDS Bookstore event in Maplewood, New Jersey on October 4, Jennifer Walkup presented her debut young adult novel, Second Verse (Luminis, 2013), which features a group of teens trying to solve a gruesome murder mystery.

Walkup reading from her debut mystery novel, Second Verse. Photos courtesy of the author.