11:30 a.m. to Noon
State Library of Louisiana, Teen HQ
YA Fiction-ary
Led by Brooks Benjamin and Jeff Zentner
Ages 11 and up

12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, Teen HQ
Famous Landmarks Trivia
Led by Martina Boone
Ages 11 and up

2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, Teen HQ
Random Fandom Trivia
Led by Leah Rae Miller
Ages 11 and up

3:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, Teen HQ
Book to Screen Trivia
Led by Ashley Elston
Ages 11 and up

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, Seminar Center
Tea Duelling
With J.L. Mulvihill serving as Tiffin Mistress
Ages 11 and up

10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
State Library of Louisiana, Seminar Center
If I Was Your Girl
Meredith Russo
Ages 13 to 18

10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
State Library of Louisiana, Seminar Center
Another Kind of Hurricane
Tamara Ellis Smith
Ages 9 to 12

11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, Seminar Center
All-American Boys
Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds
Ages 12 and up
Brendan Kiely’s and Jason Reynolds’s appearance made possible in part by Louisiana Cultural Vistas, the magazine of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, Seminar Center
Shadowshaper
Daniel José Older
Ages 14 and up
Daniel José Older’s appearance made possible in part by Louisiana Cultural Vistas, the magazine of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Chamber
The Boy Who Carried Bricks
Alton Carter
Ages 12 and up

1:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, Seminar Center
Towers Falling
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Ages 9 to 13

2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
The Serpent King
Jeff Zentner
Ages 14 and up

3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, Seminar Center
My Seventh Grade Life in Tights
Brooks Benjamin
Ages 9 to 12

10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
State Library of Louisiana, second Floor Meeting Room
The Plot Thickens: YA Mystery and Intrigue
Judy Christie, Wreath, in Summer
Ashley Elston, This is Our Story
Ages 13 to 18

11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
State Library of Louisiana, second Floor Meeting Room
Blast from the Past
Susan Vaught, Things Too Huge To Fix by Saying Sorry
Rita Williams-Garcia, Gone Crazy in Alabama
Ages 8 to 14

Noon to 12:45 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, second Floor Meeting Room
No One is Popular: A YA Introspective
Leah Rae Miller, Romancing the Nerd
Robin Palmer, Once Upon a Kiss
Ages 12 and up

1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, second Floor Meeting Room
What If: Alternate Realities
Tessa Gratton, The Apple Throne
J.L. Mulvihill, Rails West
Ages 12 and up

2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, second Floor Meeting Room
Spooky Southern Legacies
Martina Boone, Illusion
Natalie C. Parker, Behold the Bones
Ages 13 and up

3 to 4 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, second Floor Meeting Room
Daring Debuts
Robin Bridges, Dreaming of Antigone
Mia Garcia, Even if the Sky Falls
Jenn Nguyen, The Way to Game the Walk of Shame
Ages 13 and up

4:15 p.m. to 5 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, second Floor Meeting Room
Coming Attractions: New and Upcoming YA Books
Veronica Brooks-Sigler and Judith Lafitte

3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Capitol Park Welcome Center, Meeting Room
WordPlay’s Freshhhh Heat Teen Open Mic and Poetry Slam

Freshhhh Heat is a monthly open mic and poetry slam put on by Forward Arts’ WordPlay Writing Project for teens ages 13 to 19. The poetry slam is a competition where poets are judged on a scale from zero to 10 on the merit of the writing and performance of their original works. The open mic is an opportunity for poets to perform in a noncompetitive format.