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JOIN US FOR THIS EVENT WITH NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER, POLLY HORVATH! Northward to the Moon: Jane and her family have moved to Canada . . . but not for long. When her stepfather, Ned, is fired from his job as a high school French teacher (seems he doesn't speak French), the family packs up and Jane embarks on a series of new adventures. At first, she imagines her family as a gang of outlaws, riding on horseback in masks, robbing trains, and traveling all the way to Mexico. But the reality is different: Setting off by car, they visit the tribe of Native Americans with whom Ned once lived, head to Las Vegas in search of Ned's magician brother, and wind up spending the summer with his eccentric mother on her ranch out west. As Jane lives through it all-developing a crush on a ranch hand, reevaluating her relationship with Ned, watching her sister Maya's painful growing up-she sees her world, which used to be so safe and secure, shift in strange and inconvenient ways. My One Hundred Adventures: The winner of a National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, and countless other awards has written her richest, most spirited book yet, filled with characters that readers will love, and never forget. Twelve-year-old Jane is ready for adventures, to move beyond the world of her siblings and single mother and their house by the sea, and step into the "know-not what." And, over the summer, adventures do seem to find Jane, whether it's a thrilling ride in a hot-air balloon, the appearances of a slew of possible fathers, or a weird new friendship with a preacher and psychic wannabe. Most important, there's Jane's discovery of what lies at the heart of all great adventures: that it's not what happens to you that matters, but what you learn about yourself. Polly Horvath is one of the most highly acclaimed authors writing today. Among her many books are The Canning Season (recipient of the National Book Award and the YA Canadian Book of the Year), Everything on a Waffle (a Newbery Honor Book), and The Trolls (a National Book Award Finalist). Her books have been chosen by Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, The Chicago Tribune, and The Washington Post as Best Books of the Year, and by Booklist and Kirkus as Editors' Choices. She has won numerous Parents' Choice Awards as well as many other prizes and honors. Polly lives in British Columbia with her husband, Arnie Keller; daughters Emily and Rebecca Keller; horse, Zayda; and dog, Keena.