Virtual event, Brita Sandstrom, author of Hollow Chest, in conversation with Elana K. Arnold

Join us for a Facebook Live event with Brita Sandstrom, author of Hollow Chest, in conversation with Elana K. Arnold. 

Wednesday, June 16th at 6:00 pm Central.

This will be a Facebook Live event from the Parnassus Books Facebook page.

After the live talk has ended, the video will be archived on the Parnassus Books Facebook page under Videos.

About the Book

Charlie has been having nightmares. Eyes watching him in the night, claws on his chest, holding him down. His dreams have been haunted for years, ever since German bombs rained down on London, taking his father's life, taking his city's spirit, taking his beloved brother, Theo, off to war in France.

Now Charlie is left to take care of his grandpa Fitz while his mother works, waiting for the day when Theo will come home. And with World War II nearly won, that day is almost here. Grandpa Fitz warns Charlie that soldiers sometimes come back missing a piece of themselves, but Charlie isn't worried. Whatever Theo has lost, Charlie will help him find it.

When Theo finally does return, though, he is cold and distant. But Charlie refuses to accept that the brother he knew is gone, and soon, he discovers the reason for his brother's change: war wolves. Terrifying ancient beasts who consume the hearts of those broken by grief.

The wolves have followed soldiers back home from the front. And if Charlie truly wants to save Theo, he's going to have to find them and get his brother's heart back. But can a heart that's been eaten ever be replaced?

About Brita Sandstrom

Brita Sandstrom is a graduate of Hamline University's MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Hollow Chest is her first book. She lives with her family and collection of cats in Minneapolis, MN.

About Elana K. Arnold

Elana K. Arnold is the author of many books for children and teens, including the middle grade novels A Question of Miracles, Far From Fair, and A Boy Called Bat, and the YA novels Red HoodDamselWhat Girls Are Made Of, and Infandous.  Damsel is a 2019 Michael L. Printz Honor book, What Girls Are Made Of  was a 2017 National Book Award finalist, and her other books have been variously included on the Los Angeles Public Library's Best Books of the Year list, the Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year list, the YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults list, have been ALAN Picks, and have been selected for inclusion in the Amelia Bloomer Project. She holds a master's degree in Creative Writing/Fiction from the University of California, Davis, and currently lives in Huntington Beach, California, with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of animals.

Event date: 
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - 6:00pm
Event address: 
Virtual event: Parnassus Books Facebook page (link above)
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Books: 
Hollow Chest By Brita Sandstrom Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062870742
Availability: Special Order - Usually Arrives in 1-5 Days
Published: Walden Pond Press - June 8th, 2021