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Great news: My young adult novel Virginia will be in the book stores in March. It's for ages 12 and up. Here's a peek at the cover and the flap copy:
I took hold of her hands, their bones tiny and birdlike, squeezed them gently. I felt like shaking them, shaking her into the panic I was feeling. "Virginia, I don't understand."
Fourteen-year-old Ivy is flabbergasted when her childhood friend Virginia claims that she has been visited by an angel. As Ivy struggles to understand and help her friend, she uncovers more secrets, including an apocalyptic plot being devised by Virginia's weird brother, Paul. Ivy suspects Paul's activities must connect in some way to Virginia's claim but she's uncertain how. Soon Ivy finds herself caught up in a chain of events she has no control over.
You'll be able to get it at your local book store or order it online at here at Kids Can Press. You can download the first chapter here.
I'm also excited that my third book in the Canada Close Up series by Scholastic Canada will be published this summer. It is Canada's Birds. You'll be able to read interesting facts about the black-capped chickadee, the downy woodpecker, the osprey and more. And the colour photographs will wow you!
Moms and Dads might want to check out my article "Talking about Speech Problems" in the winter 2009 issue of ParentsCanada. Also, tune in to the March issue of ParentsCanada. You can read about what I discover when I actually listen closely to the song lyrics of my teens' music!
Watch a recent video interview with Willow Dawson and I about No Girls Allowed:
Please enjoy exploring my website and finding out about all the books I've written.
If you're a teacher and you're looking for some of the books I've written for Scholastic Education's Literacy Place for the Early Years (K-3) and Moving Up with Literacy Place (4-6) programs, please go to their website here.
If you want to get in touch, you can find out how at Contact Me.