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SUMMARY:A Novel Idea Author Thomas Kohnstamm
LOCATION:Downtown Bend Library\n<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/pl
 ace/Summit+High+School/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x92873fe35d651dcb?sa=X&amp\;ve
 d=1t:2428&amp\;ictx=111">2855 NW Clearwater Dr\, Bend</a></p>
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 dcb?sa=X&amp\;ved=1t:2428&amp\;ictx=111">2855 NW Clearwater Dr\, Bend</a><
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the final Novel Idea 2026 event. .\nhttps://dpl.li
 bnet.info/event/15813112
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Tickets are free but required and 
 will be available online only starting April 1. Get tickets</strong> at&nb
 sp\;<a href="https://www.dplfoundation.org/pages/what-we-do/novel-idea">De
 schutes Library Foundation</a>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong>2026 A Nove
 l Idea Book Selection:</strong></p>\n<p><em>Supersonic</em> charts the ris
 e of a boomtown city in the American West where ambition outpaces memory. 
 In the present day\, PTA president Sami Hasegawa-Stalworth is determined t
 o rename her daughter&rsquo\;s elementary school after her late grandmothe
 r&mdash\;a beloved music teacher and Japanese internment survivor. What be
 gins as a symbolic family gesture spirals into a kaleidoscopic\, multi-gen
 erational story of struggle&mdash\;for and against change\, and over who g
 ets to define the future.</p>\n<p>Through interwoven lives&mdash\;an opioi
 d-addicted 19th-century conman\, a disgraced Navy seaman building a jet th
 at will fly faster than sound\, a stay-at-home dad turned weed entrepreneu
 r\, and a family haunted by the ghosts of progress&mdash\;<em>Supersonic</
 em> reveals how each era tries to remake the same ground beneath its feet.
  At once intimate and panoramic\, the story channels the restless energy t
 hat propels the West.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:</strong></p>\n<p>T
 homas Kohnstamm was born and raised in Seattle. He still lives in the same
  house he grew up in&mdash\;now with his wife and two children. A freelanc
 e writer for over twenty years\, he&rsquo\;s been a Spanish &amp\; Portugu
 ese translator\, travel writer\, video &amp\; animation producer and has c
 overed subjects ranging from rainforest conservation to quantum computing 
 to backcountry skiing. <em>Supersonic</em> is his third book.</p>\n<p></p>
 \n<p>Learn more about <a href="https://www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/n
 ovelidea/">A Novel Idea</a></p>\n<p>Questions? Contact <a href="mailto:liz
 g@deschuteslibrary.org">lizg@deschuteslibrary.org</a></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>&nb
 sp\;</p>\nhttps://dpl.libnet.info/event/15813112
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