High school might be viewed by some as a place ripe with opportunity, but what is often overlooked is that schools are also places where teens face oppression and discrimination due to their skin color, their gender and their social class. Nick Brooks, Alexene Farol Follmuth and Nick Brooks portray school as places of both pain and connection with peers.

Teen & Author Stage (Seats 105)  
Sat, Mar 4, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Children / Teens
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  

Panelists: Nick Brooks, Melissa de la Cruz, Alexene Farol Follmuth
Moderator: Carole Schmidt

Meet a bunch of YA authors in 60 minutes and enter teen worlds of fantasy, mystery and complicated relationships. Each author will be seated at a table to talk with a small group about their newest book. Every eight minutes the authors will rotate to a new table in our version of author speed-dating.

College of Education Kiva 211 (Seats 200)  
Sun, Mar 5, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Children / Teens
Signing area: Signing Area - Children (following presentation)  

Panelists: Nick Brooks, Alexene Farol Follmuth, Kathleen Glasgow, E. Lockhart, Sofia Lapuente, Kami Larsen, Liz Lawson, Sunya Mara, Jarrod Shusterman, Ibi Zoboi
Moderators: Marie LeJeune, Tracy Smiles

Has every single story already been told, or will there always be ways to make stories important and new? Listen to Olivie Blake, Hiron Ennes and Johnny Compton talk about creating new stories for a modern world.

Integrated Learning Center Room 130 (Seats 143, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 5, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  

Panelists: Johnny Compton, Hiron Ennes, Alexene Farol Follmuth
Moderator: Katherine Morter