Author Candace Fleming Presents "Murder Among Friends"

811 Elm Street,Winnetka IL 60093

09 April, 2022

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The Book Stall presents an open house with children’s’ book author Candace Fleming! On Saturday, April 9th, from 1 PM to 3 PM, The Book Stall (811 Elm Street in Winnetka) presents an open house with children’s’ book author Candace Fleming. She’ll be greeting fans and chatting about her new book for young people, Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime. We recommend this title for ages 12 and up! Ms. Fleming will be happy to sign and personalize your books! More About the Book: Candace Fleming explores the infamous case of Leopold and Loeb--How did two Chicago teenagers brutally murder an innocent child...and why? And how did their brilliant lawyer save them from the death penalty in the 1920s? This compulsively readable true-crime story is based on an event dubbed the "crime of the century." In 1924, eighteen-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a decision: they would commit the perfect crime by kidnapping and murdering a child they both knew. But they made one crucial error: as they were disposing of the body of young Bobby Franks, whom they had bludgeoned to death, Nathan's eyeglasses fell from his jacket pocket. Multi-award-winning author Candace Fleming depicts every twist and turn of this harrowing case--how two young men planned and committed this terrible crime, how they were caught, why they confessed, and how the renowned criminal defense attorney Clarence Darrow enabled them to avoid the death penalty. Following on the success of such books as The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh and The Family Romanov, this acclaimed nonfiction writer brings to heart-stopping life one of the most notorious crimes in our country's history. More About the Author: Candace Fleming is the prolific and versatile award-winning author of many books for children and young adults. Her most recent title, The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh, received six starred reviews, was a Kirkus, PW, Booklist, and SLJ Best Book of the Year, and was hailed by the Wall Street Journal as a fascinating chronicle. Candace's The Family Romanov also received six starred reviews and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Amelia Lost received four starred reviews and won the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction. Her many acclaimed picture books include Giant Squid, a Sibert Honor Book. Visit her on the web at candacefleming.com. Can’t make the event but need a signed copy (or more information?) Contact us 847-446-8880, or [email protected].