Cynthea Liu
Great News!
PARIS PAN is a Scholastic Book Clubs selection!PARIS PAN and THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA are both APALA Book List selections!
PARIS PAN is an Oklahoma Book Award finalist!
PARIS PAN, nominated for Texas Lone Star Reading List 2010
THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA is a NoveList Best and a Grab-and-Go title!
PARIS PAN is part of the Accelerated Reader program and Scholastic Reading Counts!
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Reviews
"The book is well paced and Paris's desire for friendship will ring true with middle school readers." School Library Journal"Liu's story, refreshingly, features a Chinese American narrator whose ethnicity is not at the story's center." Horn Book
Paris Pan Takes the Dare draws you in and won't let you go until the end." TeensReadToo, Gold Star Award for Excellence
"Liu's latest book, Paris Pan Takes the Dare, is a stylish, character-driven story with an appealing, spunky heroine." Chicago Sun Times
Category Archives: Auction
PB Critique from Project Editor Abigail Samoun, Tricycle Press
The Prize: One critique of your fiction picture book manuscript (max 1000 words.) This auction ends Saturday, 7/25. 11:59PM EASTERN (this website runs on Central time, one hour behind Eastern! So make sure you are bidding based on EASTERN.) The … Continue reading
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NEW! Critique #3 from Agent Jennifer Laughran, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
The Prize: One critique of the first five-pages of your double-spaced manuscript for a middle grade or young adult novel. Please note: Jennifer will request to see the first 20 pages of your manuscript to see if the story engages … Continue reading
Posted in Auction, Middle Grade, Young Adult
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NEW! PB Critique from Author Margaret O’Hair
The Prize: First five-pages double-spaced manuscript critique of any fiction picture book (1000 words max.) The Darer: Margaret O’Hair is the author of four rhyming picture books, so rhymers get on this one quick! She is the author of STAR BABY … Continue reading
Posted in Auction, Going, Going, Gone!, Picture Book, Sneak Attack
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NEW! Critique #4 from Agent Jennifer Rofe, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Having once been a teacher, I’ve seen first-hand the positive impact reading has on teens. Books rule! The Prize: One critique of a fiction picture book (1000 words max, double-spaced) or the first five pages of your fiction middle grade … Continue reading
Posted in Auction, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Young Adult
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NEW! Critique #4 from Agent Jill Corcoran, Herman Agency
Books lift up the mind, and the soul. Every child deserves free access to a variety of books, to a world beyond their own. The Prize: One critique of the first five double-spaced pages of your fiction middle grade or … Continue reading
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NEW! PB Critique #2 from Freelance Editor Summer Dawn Laurie
The Prize: One critique of your fiction picture book (max 1000 words). The Darer: Summer began her story in the San Francisco Bay Area, graduating with an English degree from UC Berkeley. After an eye-opening stint as an account executive … Continue reading
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NEW! Critique #2 from Editorial Director Andrew Karre, Carolrhoda Books, Lerner
The Prize: One critique of the first five double-spaced pages of your fiction middle grade and young adult novel. The Darer: Andrew Karre is the editorial director of Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group. Carolrhoda has published fiction … Continue reading
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NEW! Submission Package Critique #2 from Freelance Editor Stacy Whitman
The Prize: One critique of the first three chapters of reasonable length AND a query letter for your picture book, middle grade, or YA novel. The Darer: Stacy Whitman specializes in fantasy and science fiction for children and young adults, … Continue reading
Posted in Auction, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Young Adult
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NEW! PB Critique #2 from Agent and Author Ammi-Joan Paquette, Erin Murphy Literary Agency
The Prize: One double-spaced manuscript critique of any picture book (five pages max.) The Darer: Ammi-Joan Paquette is known as a bit of globe-trotter. She spent much of her early years in France, then traveled throughout Europe and to Japan before … Continue reading
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NEW! YA Critique #2 from Agent Kelly Sonnack, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
The Prize: One critique of the first five double-spaced pages of your fiction young adult novel. The Darer: As an agent, Kelly specializes in all types of children’s literature (picture books, middle grade, young adult, and graphic novels). In picture … Continue reading
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