(Chiacgo, IL – August 9, 2009). Author dipped into her own family history for kids book
Chicago author Cynthea Liu (Keith Hale/Sun-Times)
Chicagoan Cynthea Liu has hit the middle-school/teen book market with a bang this year, bringing out not one but two debut fiction books. The Oklahoma native, whose parents were both born in China, has used her heritage as a touchstone for both books.
Liu’s Paris Pan Takes the Dare is a middle-school mystery, shot through with comedy, about a “new girl” in a small town who fears her home is haunted by the ghost of a girl who died years before during a hazing-type ritual that Paris herself now must face. Read more …
PARIS PAN, nominated for Texas Lone Star Reading List 2010
Paris Pan Takes the Dare draws you in and won't let you go until the end."