Cynthea Liu


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ALA National Conference: Washington D.C.

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YALSA's Young Adult Literature Symposium, Albuquerque

Illinois School Library Media Association Annual Conference: Springfield, IL

Illinois Reading Council

Illinois Young Author's Conference/State Board of Education

Florida Council of Teachers of English: Orlando, FL

Oklahoma State Department of Education - Encyclomedia: OKC, OK

Southern Kentucky Book Fest

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Author Sarah Ockler

Latest BookTwenty Boy Summer (Little, Brown Young Readers)

Twenty Boy Summer

Twenty Boy Summer

“Don’t worry, Anna. I’ll tell her, okay? Just let me think about the best way to do it.”
“Okay.”
“Promise me? Promise you won’t say anything?”
“Don’t worry.” I laughed. “It’s our secret, right?”

According to her best friend Frankie, twenty days in ZanzibarBay is the perfect opportunity to have a summer fling, and if they meet one boy ever day, there’s a pretty good chance Anna will find her first summer romance. Anna lightheartedly agrees to the game, but there’s something she hasn’t told Frankie—she’s already had that kind of romance, and it was with Frankie’s older brother, Matt, just before his tragic death one year ago.

Beautifully written and emotionally honest, this is a debut novel that explores what it truly means to love someone and what it means to grieve, and ultimately, how to make the most of every single moment this world has to offer. Buy now from Indiebound.com, Amazon.comBarnesandNoble.com, or Borders.com.

More about the Author:

Web site: http://sarahockler.com

Sarah Ockler wrote and illustrated her first book at age six—an adaptation of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. Still recovering from her own adolescence, she now writes books for young adults. Sarah has a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of New York at Buffalo and also studied creative writing through Denver’s Lighthouse Writers Workshop.

After several years of wandering between New York City and Denver, Sarah and her husband Alex live in Upstate New York with an ever-expanding collection of sea glass (hers) and dinosaurs (his).

TWENTY BOY SUMMER is her first novel.

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