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: Steal Alert
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 [...]
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 [...]
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! Three Chapter Critique from Author Leigh Brescia (Contemp Realistic)
The Prize: One 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. Woah!
The Darer: Leigh Brescia grew up [...]
NEW! Full manuscript critique from Author Jennifer Cervantes (Fantasy)
Plain and simple: I love kids and as an advocate of education in my own community I have seen the power of education.
Elie Wiesel said: “Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.” [...]
NEW! Three Chapter Critique from Author Tara Kelly (Contemp Realistic)
The Prize: One critique of the first three chapters of your fiction young adult novel (30 double-spaced pages max.) Line-edit of your first chapter and directional suggestions for the rest. WOW!
The Darer: Tara Kelly is a Jill of [...]
NEW! Full Manuscript Critique from Author Rhonda Stapleton (Contemp)
The Prize: One full manuscript critique of your young adult novel (max 244 double-spaced pages).
The Darer: Rhonda Stapleton started writing a few years ago to appease the voices in her head. She has a Master’s degree in English [...]