Every year, MKA holds a Scholastic book fair–the largest one in the country! There are three visiting authors at each campus, and what seems like millions of books are brought into the school. Everyone loves the book fair; it’s something people can look forward to at the beginning of each year. In fact, this year’s book fair just ended, and I’m already looking forward to next year’s authors and, of course, books, book signings, book reviews, books, and more books! This year’s authors were R.L. Stein, author of the Goosebumps series and Fear series; Brandon Mull, author of the Fablehaven series, The Beyonders and The Candy Shop Wars; and Harlen Coben, author of Shelter. R.L Stein’s speech was great. He involved the entire school in writing a ghost story, then he told us his own childhood ghost stories. A fun fact: R.L. Stein writes scary stories because he “likes to give children the creeps.” Brandon Mull talked about how he gets his story ideas. People liked his presentation because he had visuals to go with what he was saying, which neither of the other authors had. A fun fact: Brandon Mull gets most of his story ideas from real-life experiences. Harlan Coben
