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Popular author relates to students at northwest BY CHANEL DAVIS THE CHRONICLE Before he joined dozens of other noted authors at the Bookmarks Festival of Books, G. Neri stopped by Northwest Middle School on Friday, Sept. 5 to give sixth and seventh graders some insight into what makes him tick. "All of my books are inspired from real life. A real life place or a real person or something that 1 come across that 1 never knew about. I feel overwhelmed to share this story with the rest of the world," he said. "I feel like anything that 1 make up cannot com pare to real life." The Tampa, Fla - based author is a star in the young adult fiction genre. His many awards and accolades include the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King Honor Award, and titles like "Chess Rumble," "Yummy," "Ghetto Cowboy" and "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" have sold briskly. He mainly sets his stories in the inter city, with young people of color as the heroes and heroines. Neri told students he researches before writing, often visiting vari ous locations and riffling through assorted bits of history. He said he is never daunted by challenges - be they literary or in life. "If you take a chance and risk something, something incredible may happen," he said. "I'm always about saying 'yes' to experiences, especially when someone tells me I shouldn't do it. Those are the best places to go. Always say 'yes' to experiences because you never know what might come of it. Don't say 'no' because that's easy; say 'yes' because that's interesting." Angel Solis, 11, was among the Neri fans in audience. He's read several of his titles and is hopeful that school librarian Ronetta Snyder will stock more of his books. Angel says Neri's style of fiction appeals to him. "1 like how his stories are based off of real-life events. 1 know some authors who will only do fiction out their minds, not real life events," he said. Snyder said Neri's popularity among teens and pre-teens was why she choose him to come to the school from among the many other children's and young adult authors who took part in Bookmarks' Author In Schools program. "I have noticed that our stu dents that are struggling with liter acy and our ESL (English as a Second Language) students gravi tate towards the graphic literature. So, 1 asked that Bookmarks send an author that they can relate to and get them more interested in read ing," she said. Neri's themes are also quite rel evant, she added. "We do talk about anti-bully ing, and there are gangs in Winston-Salem," Snyder said. Phoios by Chanel Davis G. Neri speaks at Northwest Middle. Angel Solis Snyder SGA CDC Photo A view of some of the garden beds at Simon's Community Gardens. 'Garden Day' event is Saturday CHRONIC! I si \i I RETORT Simon's Community Gardens - a project of the Simon Green Atkins Community Development Corp. - will host a Community Garden Day Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at The Enterprise Center, 1922 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The CDC provides garden space for many churches, neighborhood groups and other organizations at The Enterprise Center. Saturday's event will celebrate the wonder of fresh produce while promoting both the community garden and garden-to plate concepts. Activities for kids, cook demonstrations and a salsa dish contest are on tap for the free event. Guests may enter their salsa recipes in the contest starting at 11:30 a.m.; judging will start at 12:30 p.m. Each contestant must present a hand written/typed recipe to the judges along with his or her entry. Acclaimed chef Don McMillian will be among the judges. 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