Offsite: Trung Le Nguyen: Angelica and the Bear Prince w/ Alyssa Wong

Thu Oct 09 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm UTC-04:00

Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Heights Branch | Brooklyn

Books Are Magic
Publisher/HostBooks Are Magic
Offsite: Trung Le Nguyen: Angelica and the Bear Prince w\/ Alyssa Wong
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"Tender, sweetly romantic, and enchanting; an encouraging coming-of-age story." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
About this Event

Event guidelines:

  • All attendees are strongly encouraged to wear a face mask at all times.
  • Additional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.
  • A signing will follow the talk.
  • Home address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.
  • As a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event, even if you have a ticket; email us and we'll work it out.

If you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact [email protected].


Being a teenager is no fairy tale . . . but that doesn’t mean you can’t find a little magic. A high schooler’s journey to recover from burnout leads to a surprising romance with a twist from the bestselling author of The Magic Fish.

Angelica was the girl who could do it all—until suddenly, she couldn’t. Burnout hit hard. Now, after some very low moments, she’s ready to get her life back together, thanks to her friends, and one very surprising source of comfort.

A bear.

Peri is the mascot of the local theater. He’s been sending Angelica supportive messages from his social. They’ve become friends, and Angelica might even have . . . a crush?

Determined to find the human behind the bear costume, Angelica gets an internship at the theater. She might never go back to being the girl who can do everything, but perhaps she is becoming the girl who can magically have it all.


Trung Le Nguyen, also known as Trungles, is a comic book artist and illustrator working out of Minnesota. He received his BA from Hamline University in 2012, majoring in Studio Art with a concentration in oil painting and minoring in Art History. He has contributed work for Oni Press, BOOM! Studios, Limerence Press, and Image Comics. He is particularly fond of fairy tales, kids' cartoons, and rom-coms of all stripes.


Alyssa Wong writes award-winning fiction, comics, and games. Their stories have won the Nebula, World Fantasy, Alfie, and Locus Awards. Alyssa was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and their fiction has been shortlisted for the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and Shirley Jackson Awards. They are a story architect of Star Wars: The High Republic and their debut middle-grade novel, Star Wars: The High Republic: Escape From Valo, co-written with NYT bestselling author Daniel José Older, released in 2024.

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Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Heights Branch, 286 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn, United States

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