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: Giveaway
Autographed Copy of IN MY BACKYARD by Valarie Giogas, Illustrated by Katherine Zecca
The Giveaway: An autographed copy of picture book IN MY BACKYARD signed by both Valarie Giogas and illustrator Katherine Zecca
The Prize: Baby dogs are puppies and they belong to a litter, but what is a baby skunk and what [...]
Autographed Copy of Stephenie Meyer: Author of the Twilight Saga by Lisa Rondinelli Albert
The Giveaway: An autographed copy of Stephenie Meyer: Author of the Twilight Saga by Lisa Rondinelli Albert
How to Win: Take Any Dare to throw your name in the hat.
“If there was ever any doubt that an entire book could [...]
Autographed Copy of Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins
I care about getting books to Tulakes school because I was a kid who couldn’t afford to buy them myself. I got them from the library, though, and devoured them.
The Giveaway: An autographed copy of Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins
How [...]
Autographed ARC of Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt
The Giveaway: An autographed ARC of Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt.
Princess for Hire
After a humiliating encounter with her long-term crush, ex-best friend, and a groundhog costume, 14-year-old Desi Bascomb finds herself in the back room of the pet [...]
One Size Large Autographed T-shirt for You or So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay
I think we should all be able to have a keeper shelf.
The Giveaway: One size large autographed T-shirt for You or So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay.
How to Win: Take Any Dare to throw your name in the hat.
Q: [...]
Win Autographed Copy of Jane in Bloom by Deborah Lytton
I care because everyone deserves the opportunity to be educated, and education changes lives. Nothing is more important than reading, and finding that one special book you love can make you a reader forever.
The Giveaway: An autographed copy of Jane [...]
Autographed Copy of Hugging the Rock by Susan Taylor Brown
The Giveaway: An autographed copy of middle grade verse novel, Hugging the Rock.
How to Win: Take Any Dare to throw your name in the hat.
Hugging the Rock is a bittersweet story of loss and revelation and the powerful and complex [...]
Autographed Copy of Me with You by Kristy Dempsey
I live in a third-world country where popular access to books and good education is extremely limited. The effects of this kind of lack of resources are all around me, and to think that the needs of American children going [...]
Autographed Copy of Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
The Giveaway: One autographed copy of Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler.
How to Win: Take Any Dare to throw your name in the hat.
“Don’t worry, Anna. I’ll tell her, okay? Just let me think about the best way to do [...]
Autographed ARC of The Naughty List by Suzanne Young
I’m so excited to participate in this cause because to me, every kid deserves access to authors, literature, and the love of reading!
The Giveaway: A signed ARC of Suzanne Young’s debut novel, THE NAUGHTY LIST, published February 4th, 2010 from [...]