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***APRIL 3RD UPDATE: \;Unfortunately\, the event at O'\;Neil Cinemas has been cancelled. Instead\, we will be hosting the authors for a meet and greet here at the store at 3:30 pm on the 16th. There is no fee for this. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.***
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We are thrilled to host bestselling and award-winning authors Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia for a special in-store book signing. Erin and Kwame have co-authored the hilarious\, big-hearted young adult rom-com\, On Again\, Awkward Again. This is the YA debut for both of these incredible authors\, and we couldn'\;t be more excited or honored to celebrate with them! Don'\;t miss your chance to meet these two incredible authors!
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More About \;On Again\, Awkward Again
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When Pacy Mercado and Cecil Holloway spot each other during the first week of freshman year\, it'\;s love at first sight! Well\, more like love at first fleeting\, injury-riddled glance\, since the moment is ruined thanks to clumsiness and a criminal case of IBS. Despite their total lack of game\, Pacy and Cecil are drawn to each other. As they spend more time together\, they realize that the other person might be just what they need . . . that is\, if they can figure out how to be themselves and embrace the mishaps\, mistakes\, and hilariously awkward interactions that make up their imperfectly perfect love story.
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About Erin Entrada Kelly \;
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Erin Entrada Kelly is a two-time Newbery Medalist and National Book Award Finalist whose work has been translated into more than dozen languages. She is a New York Times-bestselling author and teaches in the Master'\;s Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Hamline University. She lives in Delaware.
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About Kwame Mbalia
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Kwame Mbalia is a husband\, father\, New York Times bestselling author of the Tristan Strong series\, for which he received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor award for Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky\, and author of the recent picture book\, Captain America: Brave New World\, A Hero Looks Like You. Kwame also cowrote Last Gate of the Emperor with Prince Joel Makonnen and edited the instant New York Times best seller Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood. Kwame lives with his wife and children near Raleigh\, North Carolina\, where he is currently working on several projects&mdash\;including a new middle-grade series&mdash\;and cultivating cutting edge dad jokes.
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