Kit Pearson gets the Woodcock

“One of BC’s outstanding kidlit/YA authors, Kit Pearson (at right) is the recipient of the 32nd George Woodcock Award, only the second writer for children to get it.FULL STORY

 

Everyday Hero

November 09th, 2015

Everyday Hero (Orca $9.95), the second book by Kathleen Cherry of Kitimat, will be a portrait of a schoolgirl, Alice, who has Asperger’s syndrome but her ailment is unknown to her new schoolmates. When Alice invariably gets herself sent to detention, she is intrigued by a fellow detainee, Megan, who resolves to run away. Alice resolves to help her. Cherry has a degree in Creative Writing and history from the University of Victoria and a Masters in Education from UVic. While publishing her first book, Blowing Bubbles (Mississauga: Aaspirations 2012), she was enrolled in a doctoral program in counselling psychology through Walden University, a U.S. online university. Everyday Hero will be available in the spring of 2016. 9781459809826

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