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!
I’ve spoken at …
International Reading Association
ALA National Conference
AASL Annual Conference
YALSA's Young Adult Literature Symposium
National Council of Teachers of English
Illinois School Library Media Association Annual Conference:
Illinois Reading Council
Illinois Young Author's Conference/State Board of Education
Chicago Teachers-Librarians Association
Florida Council of Teachers of English: Orlando, FL
Oklahoma State Department of Education - Encyclomedia: OKC, OK
Southern Kentucky Book Fest and Writer's Conference
SCBWI-International Conference Faculty Member
SCBWI-Oklahoma Annual Fall Conference
SCBWI-Illinois Annual Prairie Writer's Day
SCBWI-Carolinas Revision 9-1-1 Workshop
SCBWI-Central & Southern Ohio Revision 9-1-1 Workshop
SCBWI-Midsouth Revision 9-1-1 Workshop
SCBWI-Southern Illinois - 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: Prize Packs and Audiobooks
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 [...]
Neil Armstrong is My Uncle Audiobook by Nan Marino
As a writer and a librarian, I care because I believe that literacy promotes life-long learning, reading opens doors and stories have the power to transform and to heal.
The Prize: An autographed Neil Armstrong is My Uncle Audiobook.
The Darer: Nan Marino [...]
Neil Armstrong is My Uncle Prize Pack by Nan Marino
As a writer and a librarian, I care because I believe that literacy promotes life-long learning, reading opens doors and stories have the power to transform and to heal.
The Prize: The Neil Armstrong is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle [...]
Autographed Copy of Chicken Dance by Tammi Sauer
Reading opens up a world of possibilities.
The Prize: A personalized, first edition copy of her upcoming new release, Chicken Dance (Sterling, August 2009). In this giddy, goofy barnyard romp, cows fly over the moon, ducks surf in a water trough, [...]
Chet Gecko Mysteries Prize Pack from Bruce Hale
The Prize: Three autographed galleys from the popular Chet Gecko mystery series: Hamster of the Baskervilles, Hiss Me Deadly, From Russia With Lunch.
The Darer: Bruce, the author of Prince of Underwhere, Pirates of Underwhere, Flyboy of Underwhere, lives in Santa [...]
Chet Gecko and Underwhere Hardcover Prize Pack from Bruce Hale
The Prize: Two autgraphed hardcover titles from Bruce Hale: From Russia with Lunch and Pirates of Underwhere.
The Darer: Bruce, the author of Prince of Underwhere, Pirates of Underwhere, Flyboy of Underwhere, lives in Santa Barbara with his wife, Janette, and [...]