SUMMER SKATE PARTY WITH AUTHOR KELIS ROWE

5718 Mount Moriah Road,Memphis TN 38115

05 June, 2022

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Kick off the summer with a skate party featuring author Kelis Rowe - author of the brand-new YA novel #FINDINGJUPITER Tickets are $15 and include admission, skates (if needed), and exclusive Finding Jupiter swag (while supplies last). The first 150 student tickets purchased will each receive a copy of FINDING JUPITER signed by the author! Students: You will need to be present at the skate party and show a high school ID when leaving to receive your free copy of the book. SPECIAL GUEST - DJ CARLOS FROM CRYSTAL PALACE! #FINDINGJUPITER ABOUT FINDING JUPITER: Sparks fly when Orion and Ray meet for the first time at a roller rink in Memphis. But these star-crossed souls have a past filled with secrets that threaten to tear them apart before their love story even begins. Found poetry, grief, and fate collide in this powerful debut. Ray: Just once I'd like my birthday to be about me, and not the day my father died. I want to be Ray Jr., the tall girl from Memphis with the poetry beats and the braids that stay poppin'. And when I meet Orion at the skating rink, that's exactly who I am. He pulls my hand, and instead of being defined by my past, he races me toward my future. Orion: When I dive into the pool, it's just me and my heartbeat. There's no dad, no dead sister, and no distracting noises. But I can't hold my breath forever. And since I met Ray, I don't want to. The closer we get, though, the more I see I'm not the only one caught in her wake. With a lyrical blend of found poetry and poignant prose, this stunning debut captures young Black love and a decades-old family secret that may shatter a romance that feels written in the stars. ABOUT KELIS ROWE: KELIS ROWE lives and writes out of her home in Austin, Texas, suburbia and spends her summers traveling with her husband and son. During her past life as a market research analyst, Kelis kept her creative juices flowing after-hours as a blogger and YouTuber, which included a two-year stint as one of twenty national Clinique Beauty Brand Insiders and a brief assignment as an Austin Honeybee for Honey Magazine. Kelis grew up in Memphis, where she had her first big love as a teenager. She did not see herself or her big love reflected in the pages of a YA novel at the time and now writes contemporary YA to give Black young people more reflections of themselves and their love to enjoy. Follow her at @KelisRowe on Twitter and Instagram.