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Saturday, October 13 • 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Charlie Numbers and the Man in the Moon

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New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich and co-author Tonya Mezrich will meet with kids ages 8-14 to discuss paper airplanes, the science of flight and the importance of STEM in children’s books as it relates to their newest book: Charlie Numbers and the Man in the Moon. Kids will be invited to participate in the discussion as well as in their very own paper airplane building contest to simulate the contest that takes place in the book. The book was chosen as the required summer reading for all 6th graders in Boston Public Schools and is on its way to becoming a TV series with Ellen Pompeo.  
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Ben Mezrich

Ben Mezrich has built his career chronicling young genius. Mezrich can only be called prolific, producing a book for almost every year of his near two-decade writing career. He is perhaps best known for The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius... Read More →
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Tonya Mezrich

Tonya Mezrich is coauthor, with her husband Ben Mezrich, of Charlie Numbers and the Man in the Moon, about a boy who uses his mathematical skills to solve the case of valuable moon rocks stolen from NASA. Charlie Numbers is the second in the middle-grade series that began with Bringing... Read More →

Saturday October 13, 2018 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
BPL Rey Room 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, USA
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