
A boy, a farm, and a mystery!
Local author Adam Borba is launching his sophomore novel Outside Nowhere about a young boy finding his place among friends and family with a hint of the impossible and black and white illustrations. Adam will be in conversation with David Lowery. Reminiscent of modern classics such as Louis Sachar's Holes this book is best for ages 9+.
"A memorable season of mystery, mischief, and marvels." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Masks are required for attendance.
About Outside Nowhere:
From the author of The Midnight Brigade, this heartwarming and humorous middle grade novel follows one boy's summer adventure at a peculiar farm in the middle of nowhere.
Charming and funny, Parker Kelbrook can wriggle out of anything he doesn't want to do. So when he's forced to take a job at the local pool--a threat to his beach-filled summer plans--he comes up with the perfect prank to get himself fired.
Once Parker's father catches wind of his latest scheme, he decides enough is enough, and Parker is sent halfway across the country to work on a farm alongside five other kids who aren't his biggest fans. As Parker learns to roll up his sleeves and keep his head down, strange things start happening. And after he awakens one morning to find a seventeen-hundred-pound dairy cow on the roof of a barn, he suspects that something magical and mysterious is growing in the farm's fields.
Adam Borba presents a whimsical new story about a boy's discovery that mistakes and miracles can have serious consequences.
About the author:
Adam Borba is a writer and filmmaker from California who helps develop and produce movies for Walt Disney Studios. Outside Nowhere is his second novel.
Photo credit: Erin Borba
About the moderator:
David Lowery is a filmmaker whose movies include Pioneer, A Ghost Story, Pete's Dragon and The Green Knight.
Photo credit: Provided by publisher