Thanks to BookMarks, 200 Students and Teachers Going to See Lemony Snicket

Thanks to BookMarks book festival, 200 students and teachers from Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools will be on hand Tuesday when Lemony Snicket talks about When Did You See Her Last?, the  second book in Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions series.

Jackie Pierson, the school system’s program manager for library media services, said that seeing an author in person helps students connect with a book.

“It’s hugely engaging for the kids,” she said. “It makes a book come alive.”

With support from Wake Forest University, BookMarks is presenting Lemony Snicket at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in Wait Chapel on the Wake Forest campus.

A news release from BookMarks says, “All the Wrong Questions has reunited Snicket with his longtime representative, Daniel Handler, author of the Printz Honor-winning young adult book, Why We Broke Up, which was described as ‘beautifully rendered’ by the New York Times. Mr. Handler is also the author of The Basic Eight and Adverbs. Lemony Snicket is the author of the thirteen books in A Series of Unfortunate Events.”

The Los Angeles Times called Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions "a Pink Panther-esque page turner." The New York Times said, "It has more twists than a soft-serve ice cream cone." Booklist proclaimed, "Please, it's Lemony Snicket. Enough said."

In the fading town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea, young apprentice Snicket has a new case to solve when he and his chaperone are hired to find a missing girl. Is the girl a runaway? Or was she kidnapped? Was she seen last at the grocery store? Or could she have stopped at the diner? Is it really any of your business? These are All the Wrong Questions.

Tickets to the event are still available. Tickets for general admission are $15. Tickets that include a copy of When Did You See Her Last? are $25. Tickets can be purchased through www.bookmarksnc.org    

Lemony Snicket will sign both books in his All the Wrong Questions series after the event. He will sign only one additional backlist title as well – so pick your favorite! Books will be available for purchase beforehand through BookMarks and from Wake Forest University Bookstore at the event.