For a long time now, one of Connor's favorite series of books has been The Pendragon Adventure. There are 10 books total, and they are all about 500 pages long. He's been reading them since 3rd grade, anxiously awaiting the release of each new volume every year. This year the last book, The Soldiers of Halla, came out, and he snatched it up and read it in a few weeks. He LOVED it! A few weeks later, we found out that the author, DJ MacHale, would be visiting our school. Connor was so excited! 
The presentation was only for the 4th through 6th grades, but since we have read several of these books as a family, I took the girls out of class so they could hear DJ speak. He was really an amazing speaker and SO motivating for the kids. He talked about achieving your goals and never giving up, even when people tell you "no" over and over again. He also touched on the importance of writing, and it really made an impact on Connor. 
Most of the kids at Connor's school hadn't read much of the Pendragon series, so they brought up the one book they'd purchased at the school and had it signed. NOT CONNOR! He brought a huge bag full of all 10 books to be signed. DJ was so cool. He took the time to sign and personalize each one, and even checked out which books were first editions for Connor. He signed a special message in those, and told him to hold onto them because they'd be worth something. Connor was on cloud 9--he wouldn't even let me take his books home for him. He carted that huge, heavy bag of books around school all day. What a goof!
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