Cynthea Liu
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Great News!
WOOBY AND PEEP is coming in 2013!
PARIS PAN will be released in Germany!
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!
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: Going, Going, Gone!
NEW! Critique from Nonfiction Author Marc Tyler Nobleman
The Prize: One critique of the first five double-spaced pages of your children’s NONFICTION book.
The Darer: Marc Tyler Nobleman is an author (and lapsed cartoonist). His latest, Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman, is the [...]
NEW! Author Prize Pack from Ruth Spiro
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5 Page or Query Letter Critique from Author J.E. MacLeod (Contemp Realistic)
The world that books open up for children is truly a world we should strive to make available to every single child.
With my own son going into third grade, this age group is close to my heart. It’s [...]
Critique from Author Erin Dionne (Contemp Realistic)
“Because every child should have access to the books and supplies he or she needs to not only succeed, but get excited about learning.“
The Prize: One critique of the first five double-spaced pages of your middle grade novel.
The Darer: Erin [...]
5 Page Manuscript, Query Letter, or Synopsis Critique from Author Sydney Salter (Contemp Realistic)
“There’s nothing better than being swept away by a good book. And everyone deserves that amazing experience!”
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Critique from Author Danielle Joseph (Contemp Realistic)
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5 Page or Query Letter Critique from Author Jennifer Jabaley
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Critique from Author Jennifer Brown (Contemp Realistic)
School is the place where kids get the tools they need to make imagination and creation come together to make great things happen. Every child deserves a chance to gather those important tools. Every child deserves a chance to be [...]
5 Page or Query Letter Critique Package from Author Darcy Vance
In my day job, I lead groups of volunteers who perform puppet shows at elementary schools on topics that impact kids’ mental health. Some of the stories the children tell us are heartbreaking. Sadly, school can be the one of [...]
Audio CD of Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Linda Urban
The Prize: One autographed audio CD of a Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban.
The Darer: LINDA URBAN, the former marketing director at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, California, now writes children’s books full-time. She lives in Montpelier, Vermont. Learn [...]