Join us for an exciting event at Museum Park including an author visit featuring Janae Marks, author of A Split Second and a free art activity led by our NCM team! Janae will conduct a reading, answer questions about her book, and sign copies! 

When Elise wakes up the morning after her birthday celebration, she’s surprised to find herself in her bedroom. Last she can remember, she had fallen asleep next to her best friends at her slumber party in her basement, and it was October. But now she’s alone, and her phone says it’s April 8. Elise doesn’t understand. How could she have woken up six months later? No one else is acting like anything strange has happened, yet Elise can't remember the last half year. To make matters worse, her friends refuse to talk to her and Elise doesn't know why. She also has no idea how she got signed up for photography club, or why her former best friend, Cora, is talking to her again. Is it a memory problem? Could it be magic? Every day that passes takes Elise further from the world she knew. Thankfully, Elise has Cora to lean on in this new reality, and the two come together to investigate why Elise woke up in the future—and more important, how to get her back to her past and away from this nightmare. 

Museum admission is included with free registration to this book signing event, along with a take home art kit inspired by the book. The first 10 registrants will receive a complimentary copy of the book (limit 1 per family)! 

A Split Second is geared towards elementary and middle school students, but welcome to all!