Jenna Blum will read from Stormchasers, a novel she researched by chasing tornadoes for five years with a stormchasing company called Tempest Tours. It centers around twins Karena and Charles who share an unbreakable bond and a devastating secret. Twenty years ago,18-year-old Charles, who suffers from bipolar disorder, and his sister were out stormchasing when they collided with a motorcyclist. The two swore to each other they wouldn’t report the deadly incident to authorities. In the years that followed, the siblings disappeared from each others lives. Karena pursued a career as a newspaper reporter. Charles endured stints are various mental-health facilities and fed his true passion: chasing storms. When Karena receives a distressing phone message about Charles, she ventures into the eye of the storm, literally, to find him.