Sorry I haven't blogged in 10 days--but it's been a whirlwind since April 2. Here are a few highlights of the last two weeks. Book Launch Plus! First, there was the National Reconciliation Day event "Reconciliation Through Story" sponsored by the Levine Museum of the New South. I was joined by my fellow Charlotte authors,… Continue reading Catch My Latest Book News!
Excellent multi-pov WWII story. For teens and adults.
I found THE WALL (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007) by Peter Sís in my library under graphic novels and since it was historical, I thought I'd check it out. It's the size of a picture book (9 x 12) with about the same number of pages you'd find in a picture book. But, don't be mistaken. This book is… Continue reading THE WALL: Growing Up Behind The Iron Curtain: A Graphic Novel Review
Congratulations to Janet Davis-Castro who won HER FEARLESS RUN on last week's blog. No giveaway this week, but I hope you'll check out one of Alan Gratz's wonderful books. From the Author's Note: Project 1065 is a work of fiction set against the very real backdrop of Nazi Germany in World War II. Kristallnacht, the… Continue reading Projekt 1065: A Review And TALKING STORY Giveaways
Congratulations to Clara Gillow Clark and Dorothy Price who won the downloadable version of Eyes on the Prize from last week's blog. The night that I stayed up late to finish reading Joyce Hostetter's fourth book in the Bakers Mountain Stories series, DRIVE (Calkins Creek, 2018), I texted Joyce: "This is going to be a hard book to… Continue reading DRIVE: A Review and Two Giveaways!
Congratulations to Connie Saunders and Jennifer Ervin for winning FIRST TIMES from last week's blog. As promised last week, Alan Gratz has returned to share some of the intricate process of writing his middle grade novel, REFUGEE. Alan autographing a copy of REFUGEE for the Cousins Club. INTERVIEW CAROL: How much time did you spend researching REFUGEE? Was that… Continue reading Behind the Scenes of REFUGEE: An Interview with Alan Gratz and Giveaway-Part II
This is a busy week on my blog. TWO giveaways running concurrently! WARNING: Reading this book will make you stay up late and the characters will haunt you long after you finish reading it. Readers of my blog are no strangers to Alan Gratz's books. You're a click away from seeing what I thought of… Continue reading REFUGEE- A Review and Giveaway- Part I
As promised last week, here is my follow up interview with Kathy Wiechman, author of NOT ON FIFTH STREET. CAROL: Just like in LIKE A RIVER, you wrote NOT ON FIFTH STREET from two points of view. What led to that decision? KATHY: NOT ON FIFTH STREET is about a rift between two brothers. When I… Continue reading Not On Fifth Street: An Interview with Kathy Cannon Wiechman
If you're one of my faithful followers, than you're no stranger to Kathy Wiechman's historical fiction for middle grades. I'm proud to review her newest book, NOT ON FIFTH STREET (Calkins Creek, 2017), a fictionalized account of the flood of the Ohio River in 1937. Two feuding brothers + one record-breaking flood = a fast paced middle… Continue reading Not on Fifth Street: A Review and ARC Giveaway- Part I