3, 2, 1...Book Launch!

Please join award-winning authors Deborah Kerbel (that's me!) and Susan Currie 

as we celebrate our new books for young readers! 

When? Sunday, January 14 at 1:00pm 

Where? A Different Drummer Books (513 Locust Street, Burlington)

What? Meet the authors, learn about their acclaimed new novels, and enjoy a few surprises!

Opposite Identicals is set in the very near future - a time when climate change has irreversibly altered our planet and lifestyles. Told from alternating points of view, it's “a fast paced, heart pumping thrill ride into the near ecological future”, a 2023 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, and a Quill & Quire Highlight of the 2023 Fall Season. 

Iz the Apocalypse is the story of a highly talented foster child who manipulates systemic barriers to pursue a music education that will give her a voice. A 2024 White Pine Award nominee, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, a Best YA Book of the Year by Apple Books, Top Grade: Can Lit in the Classroom, and a Booklife Editor’s Pick. In addition, listed in CBC’s 25 YA books to Read in Fall 2023 and in Quill & Quire’s Fall YA Books Preview.