# 2022 National Book Festival: Altered Americas with B.L. Blanchard and Lucinda Roy

If you've ever asked what America would be like if things happened differently, then you're in good company. In B.L. Blanchard's "The Peacekeeper," North America was never colonized and the U.S. and Canada don't exist. The second in Lucinda Roy's Dreambird Chronicle series, "Flying the Coop," takes place in a near-future America where slavery is the norm. Moderated by Derrick Young.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2022
- By: National Book Festival (u.s.)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698192/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2024698192?play=1)