Zia Erases The World: Virtual Book Launch with Bree Barton

Zia Erases The World: Virtual Book Launch with Bree Barton

Zia Erases The World: Virtual Book Launch with Bree Barton, in conversation with Reese, Kathleen, and Maliah, hosted by Odyssey BooksPre-order with Odyssey books and receive a signed copy. 10% of pre-order sales will go to support Family & Children‘s Service of Ithaca.

Odyssey Books will host an online conversation with author Bree Barton and three middle-grade readers, Reese, age 9 from Elmira NY, Kathleen, age 12 from Dallas TX, and Maliah, age 12 from Wilmington, DE, to discuss Barton’s forthcoming novel. Zia Erases the World is a book about dealing with childhood depression, and is loosely based on Barton’s own struggles with depression as a child.

“Luminous, empowering, and full of heart-healing truths, this is a novel that belongs on every shelf.”—Katherine Applegate, Newbery Award winning author

For fans of Crenshaw and When You Trap a Tiger comes the extraordinary tale of a headstrong girl andthe magical dictionary she hopes will explain the complicated feelings she can’t find the right words for—or erase them altogether.

Zia remembers the exact night the Shadoom arrived. One moment she was laughing with her best friends, and the next a dark room of shadows had crept into her chest. Zia has always loved words, but she can’t find a real one for the fear growing inside her. How can you defeat something if you don’t know its name? After Zia’s mom announces that her grouchy Greek yiayia is moving into their tiny apartment, the Shadoom seems here to stay. Until Zia discovers an old family heirloom: the C. Scuro Dictionary, 13th Edition. This is no ordinary dictionary. Hidden within its magical pages is a mysterious blue eraser shaped like an evil eye. When Zia starts to erase words that remind her of the Shadoom, they disappear one by one from the world around her. She finally has the confidence to befriend Alice, the new girl in sixth grade, and to perform at the Story Jamboree. But things quickly dissolve into chaos, as the words she erases turn out to be more vital than Zia knew. In this raw, funny, and at times heartbreaking middle grade debut, Bree Barton reveals how—with the right kind of help—our darkest moments can nudge us toward the light.

Bree Barton lives in mythical Ithaca with her partner and two waggish dogs.She wrote her first book as “a humble child of ten”—her exact words in the query letter she sent to editors.Those editors told her to keep writing, and luckily, she did. Bree was eleven when her journey with the Shadoom began, and stories offered a special kind of balm. A handful of years later, she is the author of several young adult novels published in seven countries and four languages. Bree teaches dance and writing and loves connecting with readers of all ages. Zia Erases the World is her middle grade debut.

10% of all pre-orders through Odyssey Books will go to support Family & Children‘s Service of Ithaca, and help provide mental health resources to youth in Tompkins County.

Register free here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-book-launch-for-bree-bartons-zia-erases-the-world-tickets-310005644227