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New Grisham Released

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After being falsely accused of vandalism and theft, 13-year-old Theodore Boone is happy to finally be out of the hot seat. He's once more dispensing legal advice to friends and community members, but then an exciting new case emerges, demanding his urgent attention.

ALSO CHECK OUT THE PREVIOUS THEODORE BOONE TITLES
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Damien Echols on LIFE AFTER DEATH

A packed house at Off Square Books on May 14th greeted author Damien Echols with a standing ovation after he spoke about his experience on Death Row, and his memoir, Life After Death. Echols, one of three Arkansas youths charged with the murders of three children in 1993, spent 18 years in prison, a decade of which was on Death Row. The case became well-known after two documentaries, “Paradise Lost” and “West of Memphis,” raised questions of their guilt. DNA evidence disproved their involvement, and with the rallying cries for exoneration from supporters, some quite famous and influential, the three were released from prison in 2011 -- but only by virtue of the Alford Plea, a kind of split-the-baby-in-half knife of “justice” which allows them to declare their innocence but maintains the guilty verdict imposed by the State of Arkansas, thereby protecting the prosecution and the state from the damages of civil litigation many believe they are due. There was talk of forming a “Mississippi Alliance for Arkansas to Do Better” that supports complete exoneration of the West Memphis Three.

Life After Death is the story of Echols’ childhood, his imprisonment, and the spiritual survival skills he cultivated while on Death Row (Buddhism, meditation and reading, always reading).



 

Children's Book Week Events


Children's Book Week is the annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading.

BOOK WEEK EVENTS

HELP PROMOTE LITERACY BY READING 20 MINUTES A DAY -- As part of our Children's Book Week Celebration, we will be competing in a national book display competition and we need your help! Please sign up to participate in our live mannequin display to run all Saturday, May 18th beginning at 9 a.m. Participants will sit in the display window at Square Books, Jr. for 20 minute intervals throughout the day. E-mail jill@squarebooks.com or come by the store to sign up.


This year, Square Books, Jr. is an official event host site for the 94th annual celebration of Children's Book Week. On Saturday, May 18th at 10 am, come to a special storytime and meet the infamous Bad Kitty, live and in person! Cat food will be served.



Established in 1919, Children's Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. Every year, commemorative events are held nationwide at schools, librarie, bookstores, homes -- wherever young readers and books connect!

Children's Book Week is administered by Every Child A Reader, a literacy organization dedicated to instilling a lifelong love of reading in children. The Children's Book Council, the national non-profit trade association for children's book publishers, is an anchor sponsor.

To Learn more about Children's Book Week, visit http://www.bookweekonline.com


Signed copies of From Midnight to Guntown at Square Books


Square Books' current # 1 bestseller is the new book by John Hailman, From Midnight to Guntown, a collection of fascinating and often hilarious true crime stories based on the author's 34 years of experience as a federal prosecutor.   
     Hailman, a one-time journalist with a nationally syndicated wine column and the author of Thomas Jefferson on Wine, and presently an Overby Fellow at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi, applies his excellent writing skills to this marvelous new book. Check out this fun fifteen minute interview with Steve Yates of the University Press of Mississippi https://vimeo.com/65233654 -- and call Square Books for your copy, signed or inscribed, as you wish. A great gift in this season for grads, moms, or dads, so don't forget to ask for our free gift wrapping.

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