Kathryn Erskine Boeken
Kathryn Erskine maakte de overstap van een carrière als advocaat naar een geliefde auteur, gedreven door de wens om verhalen te creëren die resoneren bij lezers. Haar diverse jeugdervaringen, waaronder het bezoeken van talrijke scholen en het wonen in het buitenland, beïnvloeden haar schrijven diepgaand. Erskine put inspiratie uit haar eigen jeugd en de ervaringen van haar kinderen, en verweeft deze elementen in haar verhalen. Hoewel ze nog steeds van reizen houdt, zijn haar reizen tegenwoordig vaak lokaler, wat een mix van het dagelijks leven en dierbare herinneringen weerspiegelt.
Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.
The Absolute Value of Mike
- 272bladzijden
- 10 uur lezen
From the author of Mockingbird, a National Book Award winner! Mike tries so hard to please his father, but the only language his dad seems to speak is calculus. And for a boy with a math learning disability, nothing could be more difficult. When his dad sends him to live with distant relatives in rural Pennsylvania for the summer to work on an engineering project, Mike figures this is his big chance to prove himself. But when he gets there, nothing is what he thought it would be. Instead of an engineering assignment, he finds himself part of a town-wide project to adopt a boy from Romania while working alongside his wacky eighty-something-year-old aunt, a homeless man, and a punk-rock girl. Mike might not learn anything about engineering, but what he does learn is far more valuable.
Their kindness gives Lily hope that life without Dad might just be bearable. But when Lily and her friends are bullied by Ryan and his mean clique, she quickly discovers the true meaning of friendship and speaking out.
All of Us
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- 2 uur lezen
A beautiful book about community and love by National Book Award winner Kathryn Erskine and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Alexandra Boiger.ME can be WE. YOU can come, too. In a lyrical text that travels the globe, National Book Award winner Kathryn Erskine shows young readers how the whole world is a community made up of people who are more similar than we are different. With stunning, cinematic art by Alexandra Boiger, the illustrator of the She Persisted series, this is the perfect read-aloud at bedtime or for story time. Perfect for fans of All Are Welcome and Be Kind.Praise for All of Us * [In this] book about global inclusivity . . . the breathtaking art carries the message throughout. --Booklist, starred reviewA lyrical celebration of unity and diversity . . . Purely sweet. --Kirkus Reviews
