Well, I thought I'd blog twice a week and I did that for awhile and then, like all of you, I got busy. A whole month's worth of busy. My excuse? I was working on a new manuscript and we hosted the Nevada SCBWI Novel Immersion Retreat at Lake Tahoe. And I need to mow the lawn in the summer. And we updated my website. Check it out at www.suzannemorganwilliams.com It has a new look and some cool photos. But here's what's on my mind:
I picked up a book at the SCBWI Conference in LA in August that I really liked. It was this year's Golden Kite Winning novel, but honestly, it was the topic that intrigued me - an African refugee boy who resettled in Minnesota. Having hosted a Bolivian exchange student for a year, I do know what kind of cold that character would have experienced. I wanted to read the book - Home of the Brave, by Katherine Applegate - and I loved it. It is a gentle story, told in verse, that moves along carrying the reader with Kek as he discovers snow, takes comfort from a cow, must adjust to a foreign culture, and hopes to reconnect with his lost mother. If you've ever worked with foreign students or immigrant children, ever known a kid who was sunny dispite the most difficult circumstances, if you just want a good, hopeful book, I'd read this one.
Information:There were more than 2,000 Sudanese refugees in Maine in 2006. San Diego claims 3,500. Omaha Nebraska has 9,000 Sudanese refugees. Check out this link
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/la-berkshire-pg,0,6666314.photogallery?index=9
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3 comments:
Suzy! Glad to see you back! I heard you sent in your new ms! Exciting!!! Cannot wait to read it! A little bird told me that you write like David Almond- amazingly!!
Hope to see more of you on the blog pages!
Hey Suzy! I posted my review on 'Bullrider' today. Check it out! Maybe a little early PR will help you sell some books!
Hey! Blog something why don't ya! I've got Sue interested in the blog thing-and I'd like to hear what you are doing!
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