Join us to hear from award-winning author of middle grade books about her latest book "Make a Little Wave"
Kerry O’Malley Cerra is an award-winning author of middle grade books. Her first novel, Just a Drop of Water, landed on five state reading lists, won the Crystal Kite Award, a Florida Book Award, and was named to VOYA’s Top Shelf Fiction list for 2014. Her second novel, Hear Me, is a Sunshine State Reader Award winner. Stay tuned for her forthcoming books, Make a Little Wave, (Oct. 1, 2024 from Carolrhoda Books, Lerner Publishing) and a nonfiction picture book, The Gallaudet Eleven: The Story of NASA’s Deaf Bioastronauts (March 2026 from Little, Brown BFYR). Kerry’s work has received praise from The New York Times, Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, VOYA, and the Horn Book Guide calling her stories moving, perceptive, well-developed, and woven with an expert hand. A deaf author herself (who now hears with the help of one cochlear implant), she’s passionate about books that depict d/Deaf and/or hearing loss experiences for children. Kerry, a former high school media specialist and social studies teacher, lives in South Florida with her husband.
AGE GROUP: | Tweens | Teens | New Adults | Kids | Families | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Books | Author Events |
| Mon, Dec 30 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Tue, Dec 31 | 11:00AM to 7:00PM |
| Wed, Jan 01 | Closed |
| (CLOSED - New Year's Day) | |
| Thu, Jan 02 | 11:00AM to 7:00PM |
| Fri, Jan 03 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Jan 04 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Jan 05 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
