Maine author Morgan Callan Rogers will be reading from her debut novel “Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea” on Thursday at Longfellow Books. The book is about a girl in small-town Maine whose mother disappears, and how the girl deals with that growing up.

WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday

WHERE: Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland

HOW MUCH: Free

INFO: Longfellowbooks.com; 772-4045