YA Histories: Three Novels: Christina Diaz Gonzalez on A Thunderous Whisper, Margi Preus on Shadow on the Mountain and Avi on Sophia’s War
Saturday, Nov. 17, 4:00 p.m., Room 1164 (Building 1, 1st Floor)
Author(s) and Guest(s)
Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Christina Diaz Gonzalez‘s second novel is A Thunderous Whisper (Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99). Set during the infamous bombing of Guernica, Spain in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War, the story is told through the perspective of a shy 12-year old girl. Everything changes when she meets a brash 14-year old boy who is involved with the underground. When the bombs rain down and destroy the entire village, the two decide that they will fight back in their own unique way. Gonzalez’s debut novel was the much acclaimed The Red Umbrella.
Margi Preus Margi Preus
Based on a true story, Margi Preus’s Shadow on the Mountain (Abrams, $16.95) recounts the adventures of a 14-year-old Norwegian boy named Espen during World War II. After Nazi Germany invades and occupies Norway, Espen is swept up in the Norwegian resistance movement, eventually becoming a spy on the run. “ . . . lively enough daily historical detail to inspire older middle-grade readers . . .” Preus is an acclaimed children’s book author and playwright whose first novel, Heart of a Samurai, earned a 2011 Newbery Honor award.
Avi Wortis
Lives hang in the balance in Avi Wortis’s historical novel for young set during the Revolutionary War, Sophia’s War: A Tale of the Revolution (Beach Lane Books, $16.99). A female spy imbedded in the household of the commander of British forces in America learns of a secret that could affect the outcome of the war—and have her executed. Avi is the author of more than fifty books for children and young adults, including the 2003 Newbery medal winner Crispin: The Cross of Lead.
Schedule
Location
Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Room 1164 (Building 1, 1st Floor)
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