
Hi kids!
I've been MIA from the blog, I know, but the light at the end of the National Book Awards Reading Tunnel is in sight! I'll be back in the next week or so with a new post.
In the meantime, I'm happy to announce ORLEANS is part of Penguin Teen's End of Summer Sweepstakes! Enter, and you can win a stack of books. Come on, hold on to that last bit of summer before the textbooks take over!

As part of the sweepstakes, I've done my own bit of school work-- a "How I spent My Summer Vacation" essay. Check it out and you'll know why I've been offline and on the page.
Hope your summer was sweet!
Sherri