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Author Event with Pam Muñoz Ryan

Meet New York Times bestselling author Pam Muñoz Ryan at your Dallas Flagship HPB on Wednesday, March 4th at 6 p.m.

ABOUT THE BOOK- Mañanaland
Maximiliano Córdoba loves stories, especially the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers who are true of heart on a journey into tomorrow.

If Max could see tomorrow, he would know if hed make Santa Marias celebrated fútbol team, and whether hed ever meet his mother, who disappeared when he was a baby. He longs to know more about her, but Papa wont talk. So when Max uncovers a buried family secretinvolving an underground network of guardians who lead people fleeing a neighboring country to safetyhe decides to seek answers on his own.

With a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelos legend as his only guides, he sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pam Muñoz Ryan is an American author and the 2018 U.S. nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award. She is the author of ECHO, a Newbery Honor book and the recipient of the Kirkus Prize. She has written over forty books, including the novels ESPERANZA RISING, BECOMING NAOMI LEÓN, RIDING FREEDOM, PAINT THE WIND, THE DREAMER, and ECHO. She is the author recipient of the National Education Associations Civil and Human Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for Multicultural Literature, and is twice the recipient of the Pura Belpré Medal and the Willa Cather Award.