BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//mrlib.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:122d5c85-2a58-44e5-8bfe-bdbb4bf6d915 X-WR-CALDESC:Offering a unique glimpse into the heart of America’s history - the good\, the bad\, and the ugly - celebrated author G. Neri invites re aders for a journey through the U.S. in his funny and heartfelt book\, My Bicentennial Summer. \n\nThe year is 1976\, and America is throwing its bi ggest birthday party ever: its bicentennial. What better way to celebrate than with an eight-thousand-mile road trip? In this vibrant follow-up to h is travelogue\, My Antarctica\, author G. Neri recalls his family’s real-l ife journey in a station wagon crossing twenty-six states in seven weeks\, from California to Washington\, DC\, with only the aid of paper maps and transistor radios rather than smartphones and GPS.\n\nYoung Greg is entran ced by the variety of accents\, strange foods\, natural wonders\, and hist orical attractions\, from the Grand Canyon to the Statue of Liberty. He me ets Civil War reenactors at Gettysburg\, protesters in Philadelphia\, pion eer wagon riders in Valley Forge\, and his own rambunctious Texan cousins. And he glimpses the darker side of traveling as a family of color\, ponde ring whether “We the People” includes people like him.\n\nRegister today t o learn more about the book and G. Neri’s vision of a future “with freedom s and fairness for all.” \n\nAbout the Author:\n\nG. Neri is the bestselli ng author of books for young people\, including such notable titles as My Bicentennial Summer\, Yummy\, Tru & Nelle\, My Antarctica and Ghetto Cowbo y\, which was made into the Netflix movie\, Concrete Cowboy\, starring Idr is Elba. His stories have garnered a Michael L. Printz award\, a Coretta S cott King Honor Award\, an ALA/SLJ Young Adult Literary Award\, a Lee Benn ett Hopkins Promising Poet Award\, as well as being honored by the Simon W iesenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance. His books have been translat ed into multiple languages in over 25 countries. In 2017\, he was awarded the first of two National Science Foundation grants that sent him to Antar ctica\; he is currently co-chair of the Antarctic Artists and Writers Coll ective. In 2023\, he received an honorary doctorate degree from SUNY for h is literary and science outreach. He writes full-time while living on the Gulf Coast of Florida with his wife. You can find him online at www.gneri. com.\n\nThe views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearan ce in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they r epresent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Massanutten Regional Library. X-WR-RELCALID:626c77a3c7c5a8fd250146e13d11db15 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20261101T020000 RDATE:20271107T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20270314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:49c8ec72-8491-4c00-8042-621e93e37c7b DTSTAMP:20260721T140110Z DESCRIPTION:Offering a unique glimpse into the heart of America’s history - the good\, the bad\, and the ugly - celebrated author G. Neri invites rea ders for a journey through the U.S. in his funny and heartfelt book\, My B icentennial Summer. \n\nThe year is 1976\, and America is throwing its big gest birthday party ever: its bicentennial. What better way to celebrate t han with an eight-thousand-mile road trip? In this vibrant follow-up to hi s travelogue\, My Antarctica\, author G. Neri recalls his family’s real-li fe journey in a station wagon crossing twenty-six states in seven weeks\, from California to Washington\, DC\, with only the aid of paper maps and t ransistor radios rather than smartphones and GPS.\n\nYoung Greg is entranc ed by the variety of accents\, strange foods\, natural wonders\, and histo rical attractions\, from the Grand Canyon to the Statue of Liberty. He mee ts Civil War reenactors at Gettysburg\, protesters in Philadelphia\, pione er wagon riders in Valley Forge\, and his own rambunctious Texan cousins. And he glimpses the darker side of traveling as a family of color\, ponder ing whether “We the People” includes people like him.\n\nRegister today to learn more about the book and G. Neri’s vision of a future “with freedoms and fairness for all.” \n\nAbout the Author:\n\nG. Neri is the bestsellin g author of books for young people\, including such notable titles as My B icentennial Summer\, Yummy\, Tru & Nelle\, My Antarctica and Ghetto Cowboy \, which was made into the Netflix movie\, Concrete Cowboy\, starring Idri s Elba. His stories have garnered a Michael L. Printz award\, a Coretta Sc ott King Honor Award\, an ALA/SLJ Young Adult Literary Award\, a Lee Benne tt Hopkins Promising Poet Award\, as well as being honored by the Simon Wi esenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance. His books have been translate d into multiple languages in over 25 countries. In 2017\, he was awarded t he first of two National Science Foundation grants that sent him to Antarc tica\; he is currently co-chair of the Antarctic Artists and Writers Colle ctive. In 2023\, he received an honorary doctorate degree from SUNY for hi s literary and science outreach. He writes full-time while living on the G ulf Coast of Florida with his wife. You can find him online at www.gneri.c om.\n\nThe views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearanc e in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they re present. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute a n endorsement or recommendation by Massanutten Regional Library. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260820T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260820T200000 LOCATION:https://libraryc.org/mrlib/185675 SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: G. Neri END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR