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: Auction
NEW! PB Critique from Senior Editor Alvina Ling, Little, Brown
The Prize: One critique of your picture book manuscript (1000 words max, double-spaced.)
The Darer: Alvina Ling, Senior Editor, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Alvina acquires children’s books for all ages (baby-teen), with a particular interest in literary [...]
NEW! Critique Package from Author Michelle Zink (Fantasy)
The Prize: One critique of the first chapter of your double-spaced young adult manuscript (10 pages, 2500 words maximum) AND a critique of the matching query letter. Hello!
The Darer: Michelle Zink lives in New York and has always [...]
NEW! Author Kelly Milner Halls “Wonders of Weird” Prize Pack
The Prize: The Kelly Milner Halls “Wonders of Weird” Prize Pack includes …
Four signed books by Author Kelly Milner Halls! FOUR!
Dinosaur Mummies
Dinosaur Parade
Tales of the Cryptids
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A Bigfoot keychain
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A sample [...]
NEW! Full Manuscript Critique from Author Phoebe Kitanidis (Contemp Paranormal)
The Prize: One full manuscript critique of your fiction middle grade (244 pages, double-spaced max) or young adult novel (double-spaced, up to 100,000 words – DANG!).
The Darer: Prior to becoming a full-time fiction writer, Phoebe Kitanidis was [...]
NEW! Critique Package from Author Kathryn Fitzmaurice (Contemp Realistic)
I care because my own twelve year old son attends a Title I school and I am aware of the many needs a school like this has.
The Prize: One critique of the first fifteen pages of your double-spaced fiction middle grade [...]
NEW! Author/Illustrator Scott Magoon Prize Pack #1
The Prize:
Your choice of THREE autographed copies of any of the seven titles below.
Each book also has an original Scott Magoon little drawing in it. *GASP*! (You may specify your choices when the auction closes.)
Spoon
Otto Grows Down
Mystery Ride
Luck of the [...]
NEW! Author/Illustrator Scott Magoon Prize Pack #2
The Prize:
Your choice of THREE autographed copies of any of the seven titles below.
Each book also has an original Scott Magoon little drawing in it. *GASP*! (You may specify your choices when the auction closes.)
Spoon
Otto Grows Down
Mystery Ride
Luck of the [...]
NEW! Bubble Homes and Fish Farts Prize Package from Illustrator Carolyn Conahan
The Prize: A bubble themed party prize package which includes …
A copy of Bubble Homes & Fish Farts, autographed by both writer Fiona Bayrock and illustrator Carolyn Conahan.
A dozen invitation cards, (6″ X 4″) featuring 3 different illustrations from [...]
NEW! Three Chapter Critique from Author Lara Zielin (Contemp Realistic)
The Prize: A critique of the first three chapters of your young adult novel (30 double-spaced pages max), which includes one full chapter of line-edits and directional suggestions for the rest.
The Darer: Lara Zielin’s roots are in [...]
NEW! First Three Chapters Critique from Author Jen Nadol (Contemp Fantasy)
The Prize: One critique of the first three chapters of your young adult novel (30 pages maximum, double-spaced). Line edits for first chapter and directional suggestions for the rest. WOWZERS!
The Darer: Jen Nadol grew up in Reading, [...]