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Author Talk: Katherine Applegate

Living the Otter Life

2025-06-24 16:00:00 2025-06-24 16:30:00 America/New_York Author Talk: Katherine Applegate Join us as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, ODDER. Recommended for ages 6-12. Virtual: Library Speakers Consortium -

Tuesday, June 24
4:00pm - 4:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-06-24 16:00:00 2025-06-24 16:30:00 America/New_York Author Talk: Katherine Applegate Join us as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, ODDER. Recommended for ages 6-12. Virtual: Library Speakers Consortium -

Join us as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, ODDER. Recommended for ages 6-12.

Everyone wants to meet Odder, the Queen of Play. Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she’s known. She’s a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself―and about the humans who hope to save her.

Katherine Applegate’s Odder, is inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that pairs orphaned otter pups with surrogate mothers. This poignant and humorous tale told in free verse examines bravery and healing through the eyes of one of nature’s most beloved and charming animals.

About the Author: Katherine Applegate is the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers, including The One and Only Ivan, Wishtree, Crenshaw, the Endling series, the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter books series, and the Animorphs series.  She lives with her husband, who writes as the author Michael Grant, and their children in California.

 
In-Person Watch Parties

Select Orange County Library System library branches will be hosting watch parties for this event! Please see the list of participating branch locations below:

  • Chickasaw Branch - 870 N Chickasaw Trail, Orlando, FL 32825
  • Orlando Public Library | Papa Bear - 101 E Central Blvd, Orlando, FL 32801
  • South Trail Branch - 4600 S Orange Blossom Trl, Orlando, FL 32839
  • Southeast Branch - 5575 S Semoran Blvd Suite 46, Orlando, FL 32822
  • Southwest Branch - 7255 Della Dr, Orlando, FL 32819
  • Windermere Branch - 530 Main St, Windermere, FL 34786

 

The views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Orange County Library System.

AGE GROUP: | Kids |

EVENT TYPE: | Authors - Books - Writing |

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