Booksigning With Micki Bare At Brightside Gallery

Booksigning with Micki Bare At Brightside Gallery Stop by to see Micki Bare at Brightside Gallery, 170 Worth Street, Asheboro, NC, on December 17 from 1 to 3 pm for a signed copy of her award-winning middle grade novel "Society of the Sentinelia" at special holiday pricing! While visiting you'll also be able to sip some Dandelion Tea provided by Carriage House Tea. Micki Bare, a graduate of NC State University, is the author of three early-reader chapter books. She wrote a weekly human-interest column for 18 years, and had articles published in Thrive Magazine, Piedmont Parent, and Our State. Her career in education spans more than three decades, with service as a teacher, administrator, and marketing director. She currently teaches sixth-grade English language arts and social studies. Her first middle grade novel, Society of the Sentinelia, was published May 27, 2022 and earned the 2022 AAUW NC Young People’s Literature Award. It is the first of five books in the Zahra of the Uwharries series. Bare loves to garden, read, cook, travel, and hike. She and her husband reside in Asheboro, NC. Book Description Society of the Sentinelia Zahra, a sprite-like tween no bigger than a loblolly pinecone, befriends an 11-year-old human on a quest to find her parents and sister. When a neighbor muddles their plans, kidnaps Zahra, and threatens her new friend, Zahra discovers unnerving truths about herself and her family. Set in the Birkhead Wilderness of the Uwharrie Mountains in central North Carolina, Society of the Sentinelia is the first book in the Zahra of the Uwharries series that chronicles Zahra’s unique and critical role in saving her species.