Compelling True Stories for Teen Readers: Rex Ogle and Paula Yoo in Conversation
Saturday, June 29, 2024
1:45pm – 2:30pm Pacific
Location: Exhibit Hall - Book Buzz Theater (Booth 3027)
Rex Ogle talks about his new memoir, Road Home, which recounts living on the streets after his father found out he was gay and told him to leave the house; and Paula Yoo discusses systemic racism, tension between the Korean American and Black American communities, and controversial verdicts in the Rodney King and Latasha Harlins cases that led to the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, narrated in her new book, Rising from the Ashes. Moderated by Norton Young Readers publishing director Simon Boughton.