Young Authors Fair

Two Literature for Young Authors sessions are scheduled for Friday morning. All Oxford-area fifth-and ninth-grade students (nearly 1,000 readers) will receive their own copies of books from the selected authors, courtesy of the Junior Auxiliary of Oxford, the Lafayette County Literary Council, and Square Books Jr., and also have a chance to hear the authors speak about writing and reading. Ingrid Law will speak to fifth graders, who will receive copies of Savvy, winner of Newbery and National Book Honors. Watt Key will speak to ninth graders, who will receive copies of his book Alabama Moon, winner of the 2007 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award. Fifth and ninth graders will also be invited to meet the authors during a special after-school autograph session.