Review: The Parkour Club

Review: The Parkour Club

BOOK REVIEW of THE PARKOUR CLUB Kirkus Reviews March 2021 Two teens fall for one another amid an extreme sport and an extremist plot in Withers and Hayat’s YA novel. Sixteen-year-old Bronte Miller has returned to her hometown of Richland, Washington, after a year in...
One in four Americans didn’t read a book last year

One in four Americans didn’t read a book last year

The bad news is that 27% of Americans (probably Canadians too) did not read a book last year, according to Pew Research. Not even one book! The good news is that teens are more likely than adults to read for pleasure. (On the other hand, they read for pleasure less...

Drawing Information-Lovers into Fiction and Vice Versa

Today I have the privilege of speaking to educators at the The Write to Learn Conference in Osage Beach, Missouri. Below are the digital handouts for attendees of my second session, “Drawing Information-Lovers into Fiction and Vice Versa.” Handouts for Pam...