For the next several days, I will be highlighting the amazing authors on The Adventures and Misadventures Middle Grade Tour. Today I feature - Caroline Carlson....
My question for all the authors:
A fictionalized character of you (as a middle grader) will be the main character in a book. What author would write the book and what would it be about?
Caroline answered: If Dodie Smith wrote about my middle grade self, I hope she would let me live in a fantastic ruin like Cassandra Mortmain does in I CAPTURE THE CASTLE, rather than in the suburbs. I know for sure that she would write about my quirks, confusions, and awkward moments in a way that would make me seem much cooler and more interesting than I was in real life!
Check out Caroline's debut book:
For more information about Caroline Carlson: website | facebook | twitter
Next up is A.B. Westrick....
My question for all the authors:
A fictionalized character of you (as a middle grader) will be the main character in a book. What author would write the book and what would it be about?
A.B. answered: Jack Gantos would write this sarcasm-filled tale about me, the pigeon-toed, too-eager-to-please teacher's pet-wannabe who thinks boys are oh, so much more interesting than girls, and who wishes the boys would include her in all of their escapades. But being included and participating in their shenanigans means shedding her goody-goody exterior -- a high price to pay. Still, she reasons it's better than yet another boring sleepover, painting nails and talking about hair and clothes and on and on when everyone knows that what matters are the transistors and walkie-talkies and gadgets and gizmos that preoccupy the boys. She schemes to do whatever it takes to get the boys to acknowledge her existence, but they want nothing to do with her.
Check out A.B.'s debut book:
For more information about A.B. Westrick: website | facebook | twitter
Don't forget that there is a giveaway happening too:
My question for all the authors:
A fictionalized character of you (as a middle grader) will be the main character in a book. What author would write the book and what would it be about?
Caroline answered: If Dodie Smith wrote about my middle grade self, I hope she would let me live in a fantastic ruin like Cassandra Mortmain does in I CAPTURE THE CASTLE, rather than in the suburbs. I know for sure that she would write about my quirks, confusions, and awkward moments in a way that would make me seem much cooler and more interesting than I was in real life!
Check out Caroline's debut book:
Next up is A.B. Westrick....
My question for all the authors:
A fictionalized character of you (as a middle grader) will be the main character in a book. What author would write the book and what would it be about?
A.B. answered: Jack Gantos would write this sarcasm-filled tale about me, the pigeon-toed, too-eager-to-please teacher's pet-wannabe who thinks boys are oh, so much more interesting than girls, and who wishes the boys would include her in all of their escapades. But being included and participating in their shenanigans means shedding her goody-goody exterior -- a high price to pay. Still, she reasons it's better than yet another boring sleepover, painting nails and talking about hair and clothes and on and on when everyone knows that what matters are the transistors and walkie-talkies and gadgets and gizmos that preoccupy the boys. She schemes to do whatever it takes to get the boys to acknowledge her existence, but they want nothing to do with her.
Check out A.B.'s debut book:
For more information about A.B. Westrick: website | facebook | twitter
Don't forget that there is a giveaway happening too:
