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Please join us for an exciting, in-depth discussion on the creative process of writing for young people with Rita Williams-Garcia. Moderated by Coe Booth.
Rita Williams-Garcia is a New York Times best-selling author, whose middle grade and young adult novels have received numerous awards, including the Coretta Scott King Award, National Book Award Finalists, Newbery Honor Book, Junior Library Guild, and the Scott O’Dell Prize for Historical Fiction. Her most recent book is a graphic novel adaptation of One Crazy Summer, illustrated by Sharee Miller.
About One Crazy Summer:
In One Crazy Summer, eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer of 1968 with their mother, Cecile is nothing like they imagined.
“Emotionally challenging and beautifully written, this book immerses readers in a time and place and raises difficult questions of cultural and ethnic identity and personal responsibility. With memorable characters (all three girls have engaging, strong voices) and a powerful story, this is a book well worth reading and rereading.”
— School Library Journal
“Regimented, responsible, strong-willed Delphine narrates in an unforgettable voice, but each of the sisters emerges as a distinct, memorable character, whose hard-won, tenuous connections with their mother build to an aching, triumphant conclusion.”
— Booklist
Presented by the Creative Writing Program at The New School for Social Research.
Rita Williams-Garcia is the New York Times best-selling author of novels for young adults and middle grade readers. Her most recent book is a graphic novel adaptation of One Crazy Summer, illustrated by Sharee Miller (Curlfriends). Her novels have been recipients of numerous awards, including the Coretta Scott King Award, National Book Award Finalists, Newbery Honor Book, Junior Library Guild, and the Scott O’Dell Prize for Historical Fiction. She served on faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts Writing for Children MFA Program and she resides in Queens, New York.
Coe Booth was born and raised in the Bronx, NY. She is the author of four novels for children and young adults: Tyrell, Kendra, Bronxwood, and Kinda Like Brothers. She is the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and her books have been selected as ALA’s Best Books for Young Adults, The New York Times Editors’ Choice, and NPR’s Best Books. Coe’s short work has appeared in the anthologies This Is Push: New Stories from the Edge; Does This Book Make Me Look Fat?; and A Family of Readers: The Book Lover’s Guide to Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Coe received an MFA in creative writing from The New School in 2005.
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