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Thursday, May 18, 2006
Author Visit: Frances Hardinge, author of Fly by Night

Hardinge's first novel, Fly by Night, has just been released in the U.S., it received rave reviews in England. Approximately 60 Ligon students will gather in the Media Center during 8th period to hear Hardinge and her editor, Michael Stearns, speak and ask questions. The publisher, Quail Ridge Books, made copies of the first chapter available and Fly by Night may be purchased at a 20% discount to Ligon students and staff. Hardinge will autograph the books after her presentation.

Sponsor: Quail Ridge Books

Update: check out Hardinge's blog, where she discusses her Ligon visit!

To quote Hardinge, "Finally, our heroes, their exhaustion beginning to show, shambled into Ligon Middle School, where Frances admired the blibble hung on the blibble , and amused the receptive, keen-witted blibbles with blibble and blibble about blibble . Then, blibbling blibble and blibble blibble blibble , blibble — blibble —"

Hardinge, Frances. "Friday, May 19, 2006." Fly by Night, Blog by Day . May 19 2006. Blogspot. 8 Jun 2006 <http://flybynightblogbyday.blogspot.com/2006/05/day-ten-may-18_19.html>.

Frances Hardinge and her editor, Michael Stearns

Alicia and other Ligon students in the audience

Students await Hardinge's autograph