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Tag Archives: A Girl Called Problem
A Girl Called Problem comes full circle
I started writing A Girl Called Problem as part of a graduate creative writing class taught by Kathryn Reiss at Mills College. In addition to being a very prolific and talented author of teen mysteries, Kathryn has taught young-adult craft … Continue reading
The Amelia Bloomer List!
A Girl Called Problem made the 2014 Amelia Bloomer Project List. This is a list, compiled by the American Library Association, of the year’s best feminist literature for readers aged birth to 18. It’s an honor to find A Girl … Continue reading
While on the topic of lists…
I’m overdue in celebrating this mention from the wonderful Betsy Bird at School Library Journal’s Fuse #8 Blog, but A Girl Called Problem‘s own Mama Shida made Ms. Bird’s list for the “WORST parents of 2013” in kid lit. Here’s … Continue reading
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Visiting Old Town Elementary School!
I had a wonderful time visiting Old Town Elementary School last week. They have a gorgeous school building, which has been divided up into intimate communities of small groups of classrooms with their own courtyard spaces.The 2nd graders have been … Continue reading
More lists!
A Girl Called Problem recently made two more best-of lists for 2013: VOYA’s 2013 Top Shelf for Middle School Readers List. VOYA is the leading library journal dedicated to young adult fiction and young adult readers. and The Notable Social Studies Trade Books … Continue reading
Books about Africa for Young Friends
A Girl Called Problem got a brief but complimentary mention recently in Monica Edinger’s wonderful Horn Book article entitled, “Books about Africa.” Edinger is the author of the recently released and very well-received Africa Is My Home: A Child of … Continue reading
Lists, lists and hopefully more lists…
A Girl Called Problem was among 25 middle-grade novels honored to find itself on the New York Public Library’s Children’s Books: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2013 list. Here’s a picture of the saintly librarians who do such a … Continue reading
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Letters from Readers!
I got a large envelope filled with wonderful letters in the mail last week. The authors of these letters were 5th-grade students in Ms. Jackson’s class at Old Town Elementary School here in Maine. They asked many wonderful questions, several … Continue reading
Happy International Day of the Girl!
Today, October 11th, is the second annual celebration of the International Day of the Girl. There’s so much that I admire about this special day–that a group of girls and young women started the push to make if official, that … Continue reading
Writing A Girl Called Problem
I was recently interviewed for the website how-to-write-a-book.com about my writing process and the story behind A Girl Called Problem. We discuss everything from my admiration for Tanzania’s first president, Julius Nyerere, to the wonders of small, independent presses like … Continue reading
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