Elkins Pointe Middle School

On 3/26/12, I spoke in Roswell...but not because of this book I wrote:

No, I was in the Roswell in Georgia, not New Mexico (though a movie theater there is cleverly called "Area 51").

While I didn’t encounter any UFOs in the Georgia Roswell, I did encounter something else rare and noteworthy: Susan Grigsby, my kind host, was the 2011 Georgia Library Media Specialist of the Year. Another congrats, Susan!

I spoke three times at Elkins Pointe and was more than humbled when Susan told me that some of the students who attended the first presentation asked if they could go again to my second or third (which was the same presentation).

And I was heartened that the school/teachers allowed that. To me, such a decision exemplifies the best of effective education: spontaneous support of a student who shows interest in something beneficial, even if it means deviating from the schedule. Thanks again for having me, Elkins Pointe.

I thought it was cool the way the PowerPoint projected
before the screen was set up.

This, I believe, was the first school to include my not-yet-released
Batman book in a welcome display.

This is a first for me: seeing that a school library subscribes to a comic book.
I commend their choice.