The Carrollton community is invited to meet New York Times best-selling author Laura Resau who will hold a book signing on Monday, Feb. 24, at Horton’s Books on Adamson Square at 6:30 p.m. Resau will remain in Carrollton the next two days to work with Carrollton High School students who have become familiar with her work.

David Bryson, CHS language arts teacher, exposed the students in his Multicultural Literature class to her work last year. Last spring, Resau informed Bryson that his students were the first in U.S. and world to incorporate her latest novel, “Tree of Dreams,” in high school curriculum.

“As our author-student-teacher-community has evolved with Resau, more than 200 readers have been impacted with face-to-face interactions via five Skypes meetings, summer reading projects and student-led journeys,” said Bryson.

Resau is an award-winning author of nine highly acclaimed young adult and children’s novels, including “The Lightning Queen,” “What the Moon Saw,” “Red Glass,” “Star in the Forest,” “The Queen of Water,” and the Notebooks series. Her latest novel, “Tree of Dreams,” was praised as “a moving exploration of friendship, activism, and how chocolate makes everything better” in a starred review from Kirkus.

“Magic, love, and adventure tend to find their way into my stories,” said Resau. “So do brave characters who take journeys of all kinds, inside and outside themselves.”

Resau says she draws inspiration from her time abroad as a cultural anthropologist, ESL teacher, and student. Loved by kids and adults alike, her novels have garnered many starred reviews and honors, including the IRA YA Fiction Award, the Américas Award, and spots on Oprah’s Kids’ Book Lists. Praised for its sensitive treatment of immigration and Indigenous people’s issues, Resau’s writing has been called “vibrant, large-hearted” (Publishers’ Weekly on Red Glass) and “powerful, magical” (Booklist on What the Moon Saw).

Resau lives with her husband, son, and beagle in Fort Collins, Colorado. She donates a portion of her royalties to Indigenous rights organizations in Latin America.