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What's New? I am very excited about my middle grade novel Slant, which is coming out in the fall of 2008 from Milkweed Editions. This is a story about Lauren, who was adopted from Korea, and how she deals with the teasing she gets in school because of her Asian looks and with the death of her mother. Although it deals with painful issues, it is not a depressing book! In fact you can read an excerpt and judge for yourself before you run out and buy it! :-) In 2009 I have a picture book coming out with Lee and Low Books, tentatively called The Can Man. I'll update you with any information as I hear about it... Another book I'm very excited about is Father Damien, which I wrote and worked on for several years. I wrote it as a picture book and though editors liked the writing very much, the problem was that they could not imagine illustrating a book about a man who worked with people who had leprosy (now known as Hansen's Disease). Fortunately, on my summer visit to Maui, I researched Hawaiian publishers and found The Madden Corporation, which also publishes books on Hawaiiana! I'm happy to say that a division of this company (Island Heritage) is going to publish my story of the saintly Father Damien in a short chapter book format. I'll give you more information and links as I hear more.
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