Kid America: A Novel of Inheritance and Survival
Available November 3
About
I write stories about adolescents struggling to become who they want to be in a world not of their making.
I’m a teacher,
father,
champion of youthful brilliance, and
author of narratives with strong characters and smart plot lines that speak to the complexity of adolescent existence and the issues that shape their worlds.
I'm a proud Chicagoan of forty years, transplanted from a small town in central Indiana. I came to fiction writing after over thirty years of teaching at all levels--elementary, middle school, high school, and college. When I'm not teaching or writing, I support my neighborhood school and get outside no matter the weather for nature and urban hikes.
I write stories about adolescents struggling to become who they want to be in a world not of their making.
I’m a teacher,
father,
champion of youthful brilliance, and
author of narratives with strong characters and smart plot lines that speak to the...
Blog
Check out my guest blog post at "Dr. Bickmore's YA Wednesday," a website about all things young adult literature.
Here is the first paragraph to get you started:
Not every business in my neighborhood has "Keep Out ICE" signs, but many do. Summer is here, and I'm on the streets, taking urban hikes daily. Operation Midway Blitz ended in October. Its repercussions live on. Still, the signs are everywhere.
Some days, I think I might count them, but then again, I don't want to have to focus only on them. So I take photographs instead. My guess is that upwards of half the businesses still bear witness to the invasion. Of course, those owned by corporations,...
Check out my guest blog post at "Literacy in Place," a website about rural literacy and literature for youth.
Here are the first two paragraphs to get you started:
I live among high rises and along crowded streets. I navigate parking restrictions and rush hour commutes. I wake to sirens in the middle of the night and wait seemingly forever for the next bus. And within a fifty-yard radius of my home there are two to three times more...
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