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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!
Upcoming Events
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Speaking at …
ALA National Conference: Washington D.C.AASL Annual Conference: Charlotte, NC
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
SCBWI-OK Annual Fall Conference
SCBWI-IL Annual Prairie Writer's Day
SCBWI-Carolinas Revision 9-1-1 Workshop
SCBWI-Central & Southern Ohio Revision 9-1-1 Workshop
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: Nonfiction
NEW! Critique Package from Nonfiction Author Lisa Albert
The Prize: One critique of the first ten pages of your double-spaced children’s NONFICTION book (up to 2500 words), an autographed copy of Stephenie Meyer: Author of the Twilight Saga, AND valuable marketing advice about how to pitch your nonfiction … Continue reading
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 first standalone book … Continue reading
NEW! Critique from Nonfiction Author Kelly Milner Halls
The Prize: One critique of the first five double-spaced pages of your children’s NONFICTION book. The Darer: Kelly Milner Halls is a quirky nonfiction author and speaker, specializing in “weird” (but cool) books for young readers including Tales of the … Continue reading