We are so excited to be in Grand Rapids this year. Having the opportunity to meet authors, publishers and other booksellers is one of the most important things we can do as an organization and we are excited to have you. We are hosting two days of events this year. The first is a Grand Rapids Bookstore tour on Wednesday, April 16 and Spring Forum on Thursday, April 17 hosted at the the legendary Schuler Books in Grand Rapids, MI.
Keynote Author Event Just Announced!
Veronica Roth in Conversation with Dan Chaon!
Don't miss our Spring Forum keynote author event featuring bestselling authors Veronica Roth and Dan Chaon.
Veronica Roth is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection), the Carve the Mark duology (Carve the Mark, The Fates Divide), The End and Other Beginnings collection of short fiction, Chosen Ones, and many short stories and essays. She lives in Chicago. Her latest from Tor Books is To Clutch a Razor.
Dan Chaon is the author of several books, including Ill Will, a national bestseller that was named one of the ten best books of the year by Publishers Weekly. Other works include the short story collection Stay Awake, a finalist for the Story Prize; the national bestseller Await Your Reply; and Among the Missing, a finalist for the National Book Award. Chaon’s fiction has appeared in the Best American Short Stories, the Pushcart Prize Anthologies, and the O. Henry Collection. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction and the Shirley Jackson Award, and he was the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. Chaon lives in Cleveland. His latest from Holt is One of Us.
Veronica Roth is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection), the Carve the Mark duology (Carve the Mark, The Fates Divide), The End and Other Beginnings collection of short fiction, Chosen Ones, and many short stories and essays. She lives in Chicago. Her latest from Tor Books is To Clutch a Razor.
Dan Chaon is the author of several books, including Ill Will, a national bestseller that was named one of the ten best books of the year by Publishers Weekly. Other works include the short story collection Stay Awake, a finalist for the Story Prize; the national bestseller Await Your Reply; and Among the Missing, a finalist for the National Book Award. Chaon’s fiction has appeared in the Best American Short Stories, the Pushcart Prize Anthologies, and the O. Henry Collection. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction and the Shirley Jackson Award, and he was the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. Chaon lives in Cleveland. His latest from Holt is One of Us.
Schedule
more details and author announcements coming soon...
Wednesday, April 16
Grand Rapids Bookstore Bus Tour Sponsored by Andrews McNeel
1:30 pm ET - Bus Pick-Up at The Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Bus pick-up is just past the valet entrance on Pearl St.
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET - Bus Tour Sponsored by Andrews McNeel At 5:00 pm the bus will take all bus tour attendees to the Reception at Broadleaf Brewery & Spirits, Kentwood and all attendees back to the hotel at 7:00 pm.
Evening Reception Sponsored by Andrews McNeel
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ET
Featuring Bryan Chick and Brett Radlicki
Broadleaf Brewery & Spirits, Kentwood
2885 Lake Eastbrook Blvd.
Kentwood, MI 49512
(616) 803-0602
Join us for a fun evening of Pickleball and Kickpin Bowling!
Grand Rapids Bookstore Bus Tour Sponsored by Andrews McNeel
1:30 pm ET - Bus Pick-Up at The Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Bus pick-up is just past the valet entrance on Pearl St.
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET - Bus Tour Sponsored by Andrews McNeel At 5:00 pm the bus will take all bus tour attendees to the Reception at Broadleaf Brewery & Spirits, Kentwood and all attendees back to the hotel at 7:00 pm.
Evening Reception Sponsored by Andrews McNeel
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ET
Featuring Bryan Chick and Brett Radlicki
Broadleaf Brewery & Spirits, Kentwood
2885 Lake Eastbrook Blvd.
Kentwood, MI 49512
(616) 803-0602
Join us for a fun evening of Pickleball and Kickpin Bowling!
GLIBA Spring Forum
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Welcome and Presentation
10:00 am - 11:00 pm ET
Schuler’s Store Tour
11:00 - 12:00 pm ET
Lead by Schuler Books Operations Manager, Tim Smith and staff.
Education
12:00 - 1:00 ET
2025 has been a challenging year for booksellers and publishers with rising costs, tariffs, inflation and new economic pressures affecting our industry. As we navigate these uncertain times, we want to hear from you.
This is an opportunity to share the issues that are impacting your business, concerns you’re facing now, trends you see on the horizon, and challenges you worry will grow in the future. We are offering an open discussion at Spring Forum, where booksellers and publishers can come together to share experiences, insights, and possible solutions.
Your voice matters. Let us know what’s on your mind.
Lunch (Provided by Schuler Books)
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Meet the Authors
1:30 pm - 2:50 pm ET
Featuring Cheryl L. Neely, Erin A. Craig, Jay Coles, Jeffrey Brown, Jessica Care Moore, Linda Nemec Foster and Rita Woods
Keynote Author Event
Veronica Roth in Conversation with Dan Chaon
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm ET
Author Reception
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm ET
Featuring Bryan Chick, Brett Radlicki, Cheryl L. Neely, Dan Chaon, Erin A. Craig, Jay Coles, Jeffrey Brown, Jessica Care Moore, Linda Nemec Foster, Rita Woods and Veronica Roth
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Welcome and Presentation
10:00 am - 11:00 pm ET
Schuler’s Store Tour
11:00 - 12:00 pm ET
Lead by Schuler Books Operations Manager, Tim Smith and staff.
Education
12:00 - 1:00 ET
2025 has been a challenging year for booksellers and publishers with rising costs, tariffs, inflation and new economic pressures affecting our industry. As we navigate these uncertain times, we want to hear from you.
This is an opportunity to share the issues that are impacting your business, concerns you’re facing now, trends you see on the horizon, and challenges you worry will grow in the future. We are offering an open discussion at Spring Forum, where booksellers and publishers can come together to share experiences, insights, and possible solutions.
Your voice matters. Let us know what’s on your mind.
Lunch (Provided by Schuler Books)
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Meet the Authors
1:30 pm - 2:50 pm ET
Featuring Cheryl L. Neely, Erin A. Craig, Jay Coles, Jeffrey Brown, Jessica Care Moore, Linda Nemec Foster and Rita Woods
Keynote Author Event
Veronica Roth in Conversation with Dan Chaon
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm ET
Author Reception
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm ET
Featuring Bryan Chick, Brett Radlicki, Cheryl L. Neely, Dan Chaon, Erin A. Craig, Jay Coles, Jeffrey Brown, Jessica Care Moore, Linda Nemec Foster, Rita Woods and Veronica Roth
Featured Authors
ABOUT VERONICA ROTH
Veronica Roth is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection), the Carve the Mark duology (Carve the Mark, The Fates Divide), The End and Other Beginnings collection of short fiction, Chosen Ones, and many short stories and essays. She lives in Chicago. ABOUT TO CLUTCH A RAZOR
#1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth pulls from Slavic folklore to explore family, duty, and what it means to be a monster in this sequel to the USA Today bestselling When Among CrowsA funeral. A heist. A mission born of desperation. When someone in Dymitr’s family dies, he’s called back home for the Empty Night, a funeral rite intended to keep evil at bay. The secret Dymitr is keeping from them makes returning home downright dangerous, but if he wants to get his hands on a book of curses that might appease Baba Jaga’s blood lust, he has no choice. And when that same funeral brings Niko, a ferocious creature of legend, to town for his own bloody purposes, Dymitr’s charade becomes impossible to maintain. Family gatherings can be brutal. Dymitr’s might just be fatal. |
ABOUT DAN CHAON
Dan Chaon is the author of several books, including Ill Will, a national bestseller that was named one of the ten best books of the year by Publishers Weekly. Other works include the short story collection Stay Awake, a finalist for the Story Prize; the national bestseller Await Your Reply; and Among the Missing, a finalist for the National Book Award. Chaon’s fiction has appeared in the Best American Short Stories, the Pushcart Prize Anthologies, and the O. Henry Collection. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction and the Shirley Jackson Award, and he was the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. Chaon lives in Cleveland. ABOUT ONE OF US
A playfully macabre and utterly thrilling tale about orphaned twins on the run from their murderous uncle who find refuge in a bizarre travelling carnival, from one of the masters of literary horror It’s 1915 and the world is transforming, but for thirteen-year-old Bolt and Eleanor—twins so close they can literally read each other’s minds—life is falling apart. When their mother dies, they are forced to leave home under the care of a vicious con man who claims he’s their long-lost uncle Charlie, the only kin they have left. When, during a late-night poker game, one of his rages ends in murder, they decide to flee. Salvation arrives in the form of Mr. Jengling, founder of the Emporium of Wonders, and father to its many members. He adopts Bolt and Eleanor, and the twins travel by train across the vast, sometimes brutal American frontier with their new family, watching as the exhibitions spark amazement wherever they go. There’s Minnie the three-legged lady, and Dr. Chui who stands over seven feet tall; Thistle Britches, the clown with no nose, and Rosalie, who can foretell the death of anyone she meets. After a lifetime of having only each other, Eleanor and Bolt are finally part of something bigger. But as Bolt falls in deeper with their new clan, he finds Eleanor pulling further away from him. And when Uncle Charlie picks up their trail, the twins find themselves facing a peril as strange as it is terrifying, one which will forever alter the trajectory of their lives. An ode to the misfits and the marginalized, One of Us is a riotous and singularly creepy celebration of the strange and the spectacular and of family in its many forms. |
ABOUT CHERYL L. NEELY
Cheryl L. Neely is a sociology professor at Oakland Community College in Royal Oak, Michigan where she teaches courses in Sociology and Criminology. She is the author of You're Dead―So What?: Media, Police, and the Invisibility of Black Women as Victims of Homicide, which won the Gold Medal Midwest Book Award in 2016. ABOUT NO HUMAN INVOLVED
An urgent examination of the invisibility of Black women and girls as victims of targeted killings, and the lack of police intervention and media coverage When Black women and girls are targeted and murdered their cases are often categorized by police officers as “N.H.I.” – “No Humans Involved.” Dehumanized and invisible to the public eye, they are rarely seen as victims. In the United States, Black women are killed at a higher rate than any other group of women, but their victimhood is not covered by the media and their cases do not receive an adequate level of urgency. Utilizing intensive historical research of cases in cities such as Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angles, Cheryl Neely calls attention to serial cases of Black female murder victims and a lack of police action. Neely approaches each case and story with detailed care. Instead of focusing solely on the killings and the murderers, she highlights the lives of the women and girls and their communities that never stopped fighting for justice. With media neglect and police indifference, Neely argues that because law enforcement is less likely to conduct serious investigations into the disappearances and homicides of Black women, they are particularly vulnerable to become victims. Diving deep into the unseen and unheard, Neely uses personal interviews, court records, media reports, and analytical data to understand how and why Black women are disproportionately more likely to die from homicide in comparison to their white counterpoints. Sounding an urgent alarm, No Human Involved contends that it is time for Black women’s lives to matter not only to their families and communities, but especially to those commissioned to protect them. |
ABOUT ERIN A. CRAIG
ERIN A. CRAIG is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows, Small Favors, and House of Roots and Ruin. She has always loved telling stories. After getting her BFA in Theatre Design and Production from the University of Michigan, she stage-managed tragic operas filled with hunchbacks, séances, and murderous clowns, then decided she wanted to write books that were just as spooky. An avid reader, decent quilter, rabid basketball fan, and collector of typewriters, brass figurines, and sparkly shoes, Erin makes her home in West Michigan with her husband and daughter. ABOUT A LAND SO WIDE
From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Child, comes an irresistible blend of dark fairytale and romantic fantasy set in the beautiful but brutal Canadian wilderness. Like everyone else in the settlement of Mistaken, Greer Mackenzie is trapped. Founded by an ambitious lumber merchant, the village is blessed with rich natural resources that have made its people prosperous—but at a cost. The same woods that have lined the townsfolks’ pockets harbor dangerous beasts: wolves, bears, and the Bright-Eyeds—monsters beyond description who have rained utter destruction down on nearby settlements. But Mistaken’s founders made a deal with the mysterious Benevolence: the Warding Stones that surround the town will keep the Bright-Eyeds out—and the town’s citizens in. Anyone who spends a night within Mistaken’s borders belongs to it forever. Greer, a mapmaker and eccentric dreamer, has always ached to explore the world outside, even though she knows she and her longtime love, Ellis Beaufort, will never see it. Until, on the day she and Ellis are meant to finally begin their lives together, Greer watches in horror as her beloved disappears beyond the Warding Stones, pursued by a monstrous creature. Determined to rescue Ellis, she figures out a way to defy Mistaken’s curse and begins a trek through the cold and pitiless wilderness. But there, Greer is hunted, not only by the ruthless Bright-Eyeds but by the secret truths behind Mistaken’s founding and her own origins. Playfully drawing from Scottish folklore, Erin A. Craig’s adult debut is both a deeply atmospheric and profoundly romantic exploration of freedom versus security: a stunning celebration of one woman's relentless bravery on a quest to reclaim her lost love—and seize her own future. |
ABOUT JAY COLES
Jay Coles is a graduate of Vincennes University and Ball State University. When he’s not writing diverse books, he’s advocating for them, teaching middle school students, and composing for various music publishers. His debut novel Tyler Johnson Was Here is based on true events in his life and inspired by police brutality in America. He resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, and invites you to visit his website at jaycoleswrites.com. ABOUT YOUR FINAL MOMENTS
A heartbreaking story of suicide, addiction, and hard truths from acclaimed author Jay Coles, for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, You’ve Reached Sam, They Both Die at the End, and Tiffany D. Jackson. Hakeem goes to Narcotics Anonymous meetings to keep his addictions in check. But when his best friend Miles kills himself, Hakeem finds the days harder and harder to get through. He loved Miles -- maybe even loved loved him -- and he's haunted by the fact that there might have been something he could have done to ease his friend's pain. He meets a girl named Eliza in his NA meetings, and she is there for him when something truly out-there happens... Hakeem calls Miles's old phone number. And Miles not only calls back from beyond the grave, but has news to share: He didn’t kill himself. He was murdered. Finding out the truth about Miles might end up helping Hakeem find his way to his own truth... and further strength to stay alive himself. But as his relationship with Eliza grows, other cracks begin to show... and holding his world together may be even harder than he thought it would be. |
ABOUT JEFFREY BROWN
Jeffrey Brown is an Eisner Award winner and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator. Jeffrey has created dozens of graphic memoirs, humorous parodies, and cat books. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Jennifer, and his two sons. ABOUT HULK TEACH
A hilarious original series filled with comics, mischief, and misadventure starring the Hulk! From the mind of New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Jeffrey Brown. Bruce Banner, AKA the Hulk, is a genius scientist and super hero whose rage-outs have led him to damage way too much public property. After his latest meltdown, Tony Stark arranges a PR move to smooth things over. Hulk will perform community service -- by teaching. Can Banner make it through the school year without destroying everything? And can middle school kids really learn anything when the HULK is their teacher? This all-new middle grade graphic novel told with two-color artwork offers a laugh-out-loud take on middle school. |
ABOUT JESSICA CARE MOORE
jessica Care moore is the founder and CEO of Moore Black Press, executive producer of Black WOMEN Rock!, and founder of the literacy-driven Jess Care Moore Foundation. An internationally renowned poet, playwright, performance artist, and producer, she is the 2019 and 1017 Knight Arts Award winner, a 2016 Kresge Arts fellow, an NAACP Great Expectations awardee, and an Alain Locke Award recipient from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Moore is the author of The Words Don’t Fit in My Mouth, The Alphabet Verses the Ghetto, Sunlight Through Bullet Holes, and the critically acclaimed techno choreopoem Salt City. Her work has been published in numerous literary collections and she has performed on stages all over the world, including the Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the London Institute for Contemporary Arts. jessica lives and writes in a historic Detroit neighborhood with her son, King Thomas. ABOUT Your Crown Shines
Penned by award-winning poet jessica Care moore and illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award–winning illustrator, Dare Coulter (An American Story), this Oprah-approved poem inspired by the historic appointment of United States Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is now available as a perfect book for anyone who reaches for the stars. Black women and girls have long been told their limitations by others, and Ketanji Brown Jackson was no different. But young Ketanji wouldn’t let negativity strip her of her crown. Unshook and unbothered, Justice Jackson blazed a trail that would take her all the way to the Supreme Court. An empowering picture book adaptation of moore’s poem that took the nation by storm, Your Crown Shines is a love letter to the Black women pioneers of the past and to the next little girl who will one day be crowned. This melodic anthem, with luminous illustrations by Dare Coulter, is a celebration of one woman’s story that will inspire generations to come. |
ABOUT LINDA NEMEC FOSTER
Linda Nemec Foster is the founder of the Contemporary Writers Series at Aquinas College and has taught poetry workshops throughout Michigan since 1980. She is the author of more than twelve collections of poetry and served as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids, Michigan (2003–5). Her poems have been widely praised and awarded nationally and abroad, including first prize in the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards, second prize in Ireland's Fish Publishing Poetry Prize, and Pulitzer Prize nominations for Bone Country and The Blue Divide. ABOUT THE LAKE HURON MERMAID
A dazzling tale of sisterhood and the healing power of nature embodied in the Great Lakes. A young girl faces turmoil when she must rise to the challenge of caring for her sister suffering a long-haul case of COVID-19. Brooding over her sister's precarious condition, Dawn seeks solace in free diving in Lake Huron, where she discovers a presence in the gray-blue waters who also knows the pain of loss and loneliness. The Lake Huron mermaid reaches out to Dawn, starting a chain of events that set the human sisters on a wild journey to the Straits of Mackinac. A new tale in the spirit of the award-winning The Lake Michigan Mermaid, this collection of poems introduces another beautifully illustrated freshwater mermaid to the world, fluidly shifting between Dawn and the mermaid's voice. Their voices resonate with a parallel sense of longing and isolation, interrupted by the hope, compassion, and restoration found in sorority. Through this poetic adventure, Dawn and the mermaid unearth a deeper understanding of sisterhood and the significance of growing up together, making sense of the world together, and fighting to stay together. |
ABOUT RITA WOODS
RITA WOODS was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She received a BS in Microbiology from Purdue University before graduating from Howard University College of Medicine. She completed her training at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and currently serves as Medical Director of a Wellness Center that provides care for members of one of the largest Trade Unions in the nation. Rita lives in suburban Chicago with her family, where she also serves as a Trustee on her local library board. She loves magic, books, history, coffee and traveling, not necessarily in that order. She is the author of the award-winning novel, Remembrance. ABOUT THE EDGE OF YESTERDAY
The Edge of Yesterday is a haunting contemporary speculative novel about time travel and finding yourself from award-winning author Rita Woods.Greer Coffey is a principal dancer with a renowned Harlem company. Sebastian Coffey is an architect with a prestigious Midtown firm. The Coffey’s are the ultimate dream couple — until their world completely unravels. After Greer develops a career ending neurologic disorder, she finds herself back in her hometown of Detroit. Angry, lonely, her marriage buckling under the strain, she takes to aimlessly wandering the city streets. One night, she stumbles through a vortex, a portal through time that transports her back into 1925 Detroit, where she meets a handsome, charming doctor. Dr. Montgomery Gray is a member of Detroit’s Black Aristocracy, wealthy and connected to some of the most powerful Black families in the country. Detroit in 1925 is the beating heart of an industrial nation, but it is also a tinderbox of poor immigrants, Prohibition driven gang wars, and the Klan. As a member of the Talented Tenth, Monty is expected to be the tip of the spear in the fight for the Race, no matter the cost. Exhausted, frustrated, and longing to break free of expectations, he is stunned to find a woman from the future roaming Detroit’s Black Bottom. Initially cautious, Monty and Greer slowly grow increasingly exhilarated with the visits. For Greer, 1925 offers an escape from the sorrow of her "real life," and for Monty, the future that Greer lays before him is irresistible. But 2025 becomes gradually less and less recognizable, as each visit back through time causes increasing rips in the timeline. Ultimately, Greer finds herself trapped in 1925 and Monty is forced into a deadly confrontation that changes the trajectory of his life. |
ABOUT BRETT RADLICKI
Brett Radlicki is an illustrator who lives with his wife in southeast Michigan. Together they have raised two amazing humans and an occasionally obedient dog. When Brett is not tripping over his shoelaces during a baseball game, you can find him with a sketchbook creating pictures and comics. Some of these doodles find their way into books, magazines, and garbage cans around the world. The Super Sports Society is dear to Brett because of his love for sports, drawing, and portable toilets. ABOUT Super Sports Society: Winning Is All We Do
Pel's an all-star baseball legacy. Tommy eats, sleeps, and farts sports. The two friends will have to put their skills to the test in their first-ever travel tournament with their baseball team in the second book of this fun illustrated series told in dual POVs that's so hysterical you might just poop yourself. Perfect for fans of The Last Kids on Earth, Big Nate, and The Secret Zoo. When eleven-year-old Tommy made his hometown's baseball travel team, he thought he'd be set for life. He thought he'd be royalty. He thought he'd become a member of the Super Sports Society. And that's all kind of true . . . it will all happen, AFTER he wins his first travel tournament. Meanwhile, Tommy's best friend, Pel, is also going to his first tournament, and using his dad's old baseball glove is a punch-in-the-gut reminder that he's no longer here. Or, as Ma says, is he? Join Tommy, Pel, Diesel, Clutch, Alfredo, Goetz, and the members of the Bulldogs (wait . . . no, the TurdlesI) in their first-ever travel baseball tournament. Of course, there's tons of LOL-worthy moments, like a laser tag game gone wrong, an incident involving bunch of chili flakes on pepperoni pizza (don't try that one at home), and a rival team that's gotta go down. Hopefully. This book is the second in The Super Sports Society series by Bryan Chick and Brett Radlicki. It's humor at its finest, interwoven with lessons about life, friendship, coming-of-age, battling anxiety both on and off the field, and grief. "Equal parts baseball and potty humor with an added whiff of conflict resolution." - Kirkus, for The Super Sports Society vol. 1 |
ABOUT Bryan Chick
Bryan Chick lives in Clarkston, Michigan, where he haplessly roots for the Detroit Lions. When he's not writing, he jumps town to be with like-minded peers at elementary schools around the nation. A bunch of things in The Super Sports Society really happened, which goes to show the strange life he's had. A Turd Tank, really? Yes. Bryan's Secret Zoo book series has sold almost a million copies. He has two new series being released in 2024: The Super Sports Society (Andrews McMeel Publishing) and Wayfinders (Blackstone Publishing). ABOUT Super Sports Society: Winning Is All We Do
Pel's an all-star baseball legacy. Tommy eats, sleeps, and farts sports. The two friends will have to put their skills to the test in their first-ever travel tournament with their baseball team in the second book of this fun illustrated series told in dual POVs that's so hysterical you might just poop yourself. Perfect for fans of The Last Kids on Earth, Big Nate, and The Secret Zoo. When eleven-year-old Tommy made his hometown's baseball travel team, he thought he'd be set for life. He thought he'd be royalty. He thought he'd become a member of the Super Sports Society. And that's all kind of true . . . it will all happen, AFTER he wins his first travel tournament. Meanwhile, Tommy's best friend, Pel, is also going to his first tournament, and using his dad's old baseball glove is a punch-in-the-gut reminder that he's no longer here. Or, as Ma says, is he? Join Tommy, Pel, Diesel, Clutch, Alfredo, Goetz, and the members of the Bulldogs (wait . . . no, the TurdlesI) in their first-ever travel baseball tournament. Of course, there's tons of LOL-worthy moments, like a laser tag game gone wrong, an incident involving bunch of chili flakes on pepperoni pizza (don't try that one at home), and a rival team that's gotta go down. Hopefully. This book is the second in The Super Sports Society series by Bryan Chick and Brett Radlicki. It's humor at its finest, interwoven with lessons about life, friendship, coming-of-age, battling anxiety both on and off the field, and grief. "Equal parts baseball and potty humor with an added whiff of conflict resolution." - Kirkus, for The Super Sports Society vol. 1 |
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Hotel Accommodations
Book Room >> Amway Grand Plaza, Curio Collection by Hilton 187 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 774-2000 |
About Schuler Books
Schuler Books is an independent bookseller with four locations across Michigan. Husband and Wife Bill and Cecile Fehsenfeld, graduates of the University of Michigan, opened our first store in Grand Rapids in 1982. Our second store opened in Okemos in 1990, and we added our Ann Arbor store, formerly Nicola’s Books, in 2014. Our newest store in West Bloomfield opened in May 2023. Even though our four stores are larger than the average independent bookstore, we’re still small independent booksellers at heart. We value our relationships with the communities we serve and with our local and Michigan authors.