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Award-winning author Kerry Cerra will lead an interactive workshop to help you create a strong, well-rounded, and fully fleshed main character. After all, what's a story without a strong lead? Books like The Hunger Games and Kerry Cerra's book, Make a Little Wave, will be used as examples to dissect the components of a lead character and help you develop your own as you have fun along the way! Best for ages 16 and older. For information contact 305-822-6520 or Truglioj@mdpls.org
Note: Please read the following books before the workshop so you can follow along more easily.
"The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
"Make a Little Wave" by Kerry Cerra
Materials for class: Please bring paper and pencil.
Author's Bio:
Kerry O’Malley Cerra is an award-winning author of middle grade books. Her first novel, Just a Drop of Water, landed on five state reading lists, won the Crystal Kite Award, a Florida Book Award, and was named to VOYA’s Top Shelf Fiction list for 2014. Her second novel, Hear Me, is out now. Stay tuned for her forthcoming books, Make a Little Wave, (Oct. 1, 2024 from Carolrhoda Books, Lerner Publishing) and a nonfiction picture book, The Gallaudet Eleven: The Story of NASA’s Deaf Bioastronauts (March 2026 from Little Brown BFYR). Kerry’s work has received praise from The New York Times, Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, VOYA, and the Horn Book Guide calling her stories moving, perceptive, well-developed, and woven with an expert hand. Kerry, a former high school media specialist and social studies teacher, lives in South Florida.
AGE GROUP: | Young Adult (12-18) | Older Adults (55+) | Adult (19+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Writing | Special Event | In-Person | Author Event |
TAGS: | Local Author Series |