Event Lectures and Symposia What Happens When You Become Best Friends with a Bat Colony?! Ask Ernest Cline

Date and Location

  • When: Saturday, August 24, 2024

    1:30 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

  • Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Room 209 (Level 2, South Building)

    801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001

Part of National Book Festival ; 2024 National Book Festival

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It’s freakin’ bats! In this mostly-true story, Ernest Cline introduces us to Opal, a girl who befriends a colony of bats. When their habitat is destroyed, what will she do to help find a place where they will all be welcomed and protected? Learn all about “The Bridge to Bat City” in this conversation moderated by Jennifer "JJ" Harbster.

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