| Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award -- 2009 list |
[Feb. 2nd, 2008|12:15 pm] |
Check out the full list of nominated books in the intermediate category:
Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone
Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind by Jennifer J. Stewart (!!!)
Eager by Helen Fox
Free Baseball by Sue Corbett
Golden and Grey: An Unremarkable Boy and a Rather Remarkable Ghost by Louis Arnold
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
MVP* Magellan Voyage Project by Douglas Evans
Shakespeare‘s Secret by Elise Broach
Three Good Deeds by Vivian Vande Velde
Yes! My book is on it! I am so grateful to members of the selection committee. You can find out more about the Nutmeg Book Award here.
This is the third state award nomination for Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind. I am starting to call it “the little book that could!”
P.S. It is also “the little book that could” that is now coincidentally in paperback, released by Holiday House. |
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| The paperback is coming! The paperback is coming! |
[Dec. 12th, 2007|02:05 pm] |
My novel of Nepal, Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind will be out in paperback by the end of January, released by Holiday House.
Just yesterday, School Library Journal featured the book in its “Remarkable Reads” section. Here’s what the reviewer said:
--this book follows the adventures of a comfortable suburban family that heads off to Nepal for a two-month medical mission. When 12-year-old Annie and her little sister, Chelsea, befriend native 10-year-old Nirmala, they learn more about their temporary home and Nepal’s culture than they ever expected. Local customs and issues of poverty and lack of medical care are smoothly integrated into the plot.
The long ISBN is 978-0-8234-2161-9, and the short one is 0-8234-2161-9, and it will retail for $6.95.
Are writers allowed to have a favorite book? It seems a little like favoring one child over another, something you shouldn’t admit to if you do, but this is my favorite book, because it is deeply personal. Although it’s fiction, it is based upon my family’s adventures, working as medical volunteers in Nepal.
The book has appeared on state lists for Arizona and Maryland, and is on recommended reading lists in Kansas, Missouri, and South Carolina. By the way, I did not find this out by self-googling. A friend sent the link to me! |
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