♦ Click on the link for the When Reason Breaks Reader & Educator Guide with pre-reading suggestions, discussion questions, and activities, which are all aligned with the Common Core State Standards.

♦ Click here to access the book trailer: https://youtu.be/IFJzZCSP6vw

♦ If you subscribe to TeachingBooks.net, you will have access to author information, interviews, the book trailer, and other goodies. Click here to access the When Reason Breaks page: http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=44235

♦ At the International Literacy Association Conference in St. Louis, I was part of a panel titled New Voices in Children’s Literature: Using 2015 Releases in the Classroom. The other authors were:

Jen Brooks, author of IN A WORLD JUST RIGHT

Stacey Lee, author of UNDER A PAINTED SKY

and Virginia Boecker, author of THE WITCH HUNTER.

Click here for the PowerPoint we used to present information about our debut novels and how they can be used in the classroom: New Voices in Children’s Literature FINAL. If you have any questions about any of the books, please contact us. Each author has a website and each of our email addresses is listed on the final slide.