{"id":350,"date":"2018-01-19T13:49:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T04:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.stmaur.ac.jp\/library\/?p=350"},"modified":"2018-01-19T14:44:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T05:44:42","slug":"adam-gidwitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.stmaur.ac.jp\/library\/2018\/01\/19\/adam-gidwitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Gidwitz"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Newbery Honor<\/a>ed author Adam Gidwitz<\/a> returned to our library yesterday for a session with 4th and 5th grades. Adam last visited our school in 2011 and I was delighted when he accepted my invitation to return to Japan.
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\nAdam enthralled us with his stories, linking to his book A Tale Dark and Grimm<\/strong> and the others in the trilogy as well as So You Want To Be a Jedi? <\/strong>
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\nAdam also answered plenty of questions from the students about his life as a writer and how his books get published. It certainly was an honour to host an author of Adam’s calibre in our library.
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\nAdam’s books <\/a>are available for checking out from our library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Newbery Honored author Adam Gidwitz returned to our library yesterday for a session with 4th and 5th grades. Adam last visited our school in 2011 and I was delighted when he accepted my invitation to return to Japan. 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