Oh, happy news!
Loose Threads and
On Pointe are released today as ebooks! Many thanks to my agent Elizabeth Harding and my publishing house Simon & Schuster. I appreciate their work in this venture. May both books wing into the hands of just the right readers.
To recap
Loose Threads:
In a
household of four generations of women, Grandma Margie discloses that she has a
lump in her breast. Told through forthright and perceptive poems in teenager
Kay's own voice, Loose
Threads reverberates with emotion and
depth and will leave no reader untouched. (flap copy)
Booklist named
Loose Threads a Top Ten First Novel for Youth and gave it a starred review:
"Like Virginia Euwer Wolff's free verse novels, Grover's book balances vivid
emotional scenes with plenty of space between the words. Readers, especially
those who know illness up close, will connect with Kay's secret worries and deep
sadness, and will admire her strength."
The work was also a Washington State Book Award finalist, a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, a Bank Street College Best
Children's Book of the Year, and a
Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee.
And to review On Pointe:
On
Pointe soars with emotion as it
explores what it means to reach for a dream -- and the way that dreams can
change as quickly and suddenly as do our lives. Clare learns to dream and then
dream again.
On Pointe was a
Girls Life Top Ten Summer Read.
"The teen's voice rings true. This finely written novel touches on contemporary
themes such as body image leading to bulimia, overly ambitious parents, and
aging grandparents who can no longer live alone."
School Library Journal
The work was also a
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Nominee and a Bank Street College Best Children's
Book of the Year.
Thanks for celebrating with me today and helping to spread the news. With my love!
Loose Threads
On Pointe
Simon & Schuster, 2013, ebook release
