Book Launch: Jett Jamison and the Secret Storm

Celebrate the launch of local author Kimberly Behre Kenna's middle-grade novel, Jett Jamison and the Secret Storm! Youth Services Librarian, Emily, will join her to discuss the story behind the story. We’ll learn about story beads and then make our own. Cookies and book signing will follow! Part of the book's proceeds will benefit the Blackstone Library.

Jett Jamison can’t catch a break. Her home in small town Wisteria is noisy as a zoo on steroids, and her mind buzzes with bits of a traumatic memory she’d rather forget. She’s filled a shoebox with one hundred thirty-three to-do lists, her roadmaps to peace, but they only lead to dead ends. Sister Gia, master gardener and cat-whisperer extraordinaire, suggests a book by an anonymous author sure to bring calm quicker than those lists, but it’s disappeared from all local libraries, and nobody wants to talk about it. Enraged at the injustice, Jett continues to dig for answers and is drawn into a censorship battle with a high-profile radio host. Her peaceful protest backfires big time, and the town goes berserk. Now, for peace to be within reach, Jett must either face up to her past or remain forever bound by silence much more suffocating than the din in Wisteria.