Nerdfighters Tour

It is no joke that the Internet has created communities of people of common interest. When Quail Ridge Books called to see if we could help host John Green on the tour for his latest book, I was excited. I loved Looking for Alaska, and it was a Printz award winner, so I knew that he would be popular, but I had no idea of the online following that he had created.

Back in 2007, he and his brother Hank stopped talking face to face and started communicating as the Vlog Brothers, a YouTube channel. Hundreds of videos later, they have an amazing following of kids who find it okay to be nerds with a common slogan, “Don’t forget to be Awesome!”

450 tickets sold out in less than a week and students came from as far away as New Jersey to see them. Can you think of anything more fun? And yes, they were fun. Hank did his puppet show, John read from his book, and they answered questions and told silly songs with a timer on stage to set a frantic pace.

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After an hilarious visit, we all had our books signed on stage by the guys, and everyone read The Fault in Our Stars. John has yet again, outdone himself, creating a YA novel that is both smart and funny. Read it today, we have several signed copies!