Claribel A. Ortega celebrates WITCHLINGS #2: THE GOLDEN FROG GAMES

About this Event

**PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THESE GUIDELINES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO CHANGING COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS**

Join Barnes & Noble - Union Squareon Saturday, April 29 at 2 PM ET, as we welcome New York Times bestselling author, Claribel A. Ortega, to celebrate THE GOLDEN FROG GAMES, the much-anticipated sequel to her middle grade book Witchlings!

Our favorite Spares are back and just in time for the Golden Frog Games — a legendary magical tournament held every four years. But when a stone hex starts taking out the competition, all eyes fall on Seven Salazar, Valley Pepperhorn, and Thorn Laroux. Can the Witchlings find out who is hexing champions and clear their name?

Claribel will be joined in conversation with New York Times bestselling author, Kat Cho!

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**Due to Covid-19, masks are highly recommended.**

To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the below guidelines ahead of buying a ticket, so you know what to expect on the day. To avoid disappointment, we must stress that there will be no access to the event for non-ticketholders.

Barnes & Noble reserves the right to make new rules and orders in its sole discretion with regard to COVID-19 at any time and any person not abiding by the Barnes & Noble directives will be refused entrance or directed to leave the premises.

TICKETING INFORMATION

Book Admission - $ 19.64 (Admission + one copy of THE GOLDEN FROG GAMES + 5-cent bag fee): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:

One copy of the THE GOLDEN FROG GAMES(out 5/2/23).

Admission to the event space and signing line with Claribel A. Ortega.

$5 Gift Card Admission - $5.00 (Admission + one $5 B&N Gift Card): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:

One $5 B&N Gift Card.

Admission to the event space and signing line with Claribel A. Ortega.

**Please note: Everyone must have a ticket to enter the event place, so each person attending in a family or group will need a ticket (either the Book Admission ticket or the $5 ticket).

Due to Covid-19, masks are strongly recommended.

Claribel will sign and personalize copies of THE GOLDEN FROG GAMES.

Socially distanced photos with Claribel will be allowed at the event.

Any gifts for the author will be collected prior to the signing line.

Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted into the event space.

Please arrive by 2:00 PM in order to secure your seat in the event space. Late arrivals may only have access to standing room and may not have the opportunity to meet the author.

GUIDELINES

No memorabilia will be signed at this event.

No large bags will be permitted into the event.

Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted into the event space.

Due to Covid-19, masks are highly recommended.

Ticket holders will be admitted into the event beginning at 1:30 PM the day of the event. Please have a copy of your ticket available (either printed out or on your phone) for check in.

In order to attend this event, ticket holders should:

Have not had any contact in the last 14 days with a confirmed COVID- 19 patient.

Not be subject to a quarantine order.

Not traveled in the past 14 days to any state or country that New York has designated as an area requiring isolation upon returning to the state.

At the time of the event, have not experienced in the last 72 hours any body temperature above 100 degrees Fahrenheit or any new symptoms associated with COVID-19. People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19: fever or chills; cough; shortness of breath or difficulty breathing; fatigue; muscle or body aches; headache; new loss of taste or smell; sore throat; congestion or runny nose; nausea or vomiting; and/or diarrhea..

Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted into the event space.

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REFUNDS

Attendees can receive refunds up to 1 day (24 hours) before your event start time.

If you are unable to attend the event, Barnes & Noble - Union Square will hold your book or gift card for seven days after the event. Please contact the store to arrange your pickup.

Should this event be canceled due to changing COVID-19 concerns, all customers will be refunded their ticket price to the original method of payment per Eventbrite's refund policy.

Event guidelines are subject to change.

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About THE GOLDEN FROG GAMES:

Every four years, the Twelve Towns gather for a legendary magical tournament--the Golden Frog Games.

With Ravenskill hosting this year's games, all eyes are on Seven Salazar, Valley Pepperhorn and Thorn Laroux: the most famous Spares in the Twelve Towns. Thorn is ready to compete as a fashion champion, but when a forbidden hex is used to turn her fellow champions to stone, suspicion lands on the Witchlings.

As the Witchlings attempt to unravel the mystery of the stonifications, future Uncle Seven is harboring a dangerous secret: While she's supposed to be able to communicate with animals, the voices she hears most clearly belong to monstruos, and one spine-chilling voice is the loudest of all.

Can Seven fix her broken magic and find out who is stonifying the champions . . . before Thorn becomes the next victim?

About Claribel A. Ortega:

Claribel A. Ortega, New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Squad and Witchlings, is a former reporter who writes middle grade and young adult fantasy inspired by her Dominican heritage. When she's not busy turning her obsession with eighties pop culture, magic, and video games into books, she's cohosting her podcasts Write or Die and Bad Author Book Club and helping authors navigate publishing with her consulting business, GIFGRRL. Claribel has been featured on BuzzFeed, NPR, Good Morning America, and Deadline.