Last year’s debut, Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, was a staff favorite (see Terry’s review below). MG is thrilled to kick off festivities at our 17th Birthday Bash with Beth Fantaskey and Jekel Loves Hyde (especially with its fantastic purple and green cover!). High school students Jill Jekel and Tristan Hyde are the subject of jokes about their names before they decide to collaborate on a chemistry experiment recreating the famous Robert Lewis Stevenson story. According to family stories, they may actually be the descendents of the doctor and his deadly alter-ego – and with Jill’s father dead and her future at college in jeopardy, she is willing to open the forbidden locked box in her father’s den and risk everything. But will their choice lead to salvation, or to mutual destruction? Beth starts our day of author spotlights with Janni Lee Simner at 11:00 AM.
