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Laura Resau

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I'm the author of the young adult novels The Queen of Water (with Maria Virginia Farinango), Red Glass, What the Moon Saw, The Indigo Notebook, The Ruby Notebook , The Jade Notebook, and the middle-grade novels Star in the Forest, The Lightning Queen, and Tree of Dreams. My picture book collaboration with Patricia Gualinga, Stand as Tall as the Trees: How an Amazonian Community Protected the Rain Forest, will be released in Summer, 2023. My YA sci-fi novel, Virch, will be released in Fall 2023. I grew up in Maryland, then moved around for ten years (as student, ESL teacher, and anthropologist), making my home in New Orleans; Aix-en-Provence, France; Oaxaca, Mexico; Tucson; and now, Fort Collins, Colorado, where I'm staying put for a while. ...more

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	The Queen of Water by Laura Resau (Goodreads Author), María Virginia Farinango 4.13 avg rating — 3,520 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Glass 4.03 avg rating — 1,947 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lightning Queen 4.28 avg rating — 1,505 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Indigo Notebook (Notebook, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 1,176 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What the Moon Saw 4.19 avg rating — 984 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star in the Forest 3.89 avg rating — 788 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ruby Notebook (Notebook, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jade Notebook (Notebook, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tree of Dreams 4.13 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virch 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Picture Book Collaboration with Paty Gualinga! Colaboración de un Libro Ilustrado con Paty Gualinga!

Patricia Gualinga, Kichwa Leader in the Amazon. Photo credit: Zoe Tryon, artist and activist.

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I’m over the moon to finally announce this new book deal that’s been in the works this past year! The picture book is entitled Stand as Tall as the Trees: How an Amazonian Community Protected the Rain Forest. It will be published in Su

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“I see that if you try to fit someone in a box, she might slip through the seams like water and become her own river.”
― Laura Resau, The Queen of Water

tags: identity, individuality

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“Power is a tricky thing, mija. It can lift you up high on its wings and up into the sky where you feel invincible. But sometimes you forget the bigger thing that makes you fly. Without God, without love, you fall. You stop being grateful and humble, and you fall." pg. 230”
― Laura Resau, The Indigo Notebook

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“Life is the ultimate artistic masterpiece, and it's up to you, the creator, to make it as wildly dazzling as possible.”
― Laura Resau, The Indigo Notebook

tags: artistic-passion, inspirational, life-and-living, life-quotes

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What Book Shall We Read in July?

I have chosen books that are getting a lot of attention and were published in March and April. Please let me know if you think a book should be added to the list.

If you get the chance, check and see what your library has before you vote.

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

9 votes 28.1%

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

8 votes 25.0%

A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home by Henry Cole

6 votes 18.8%

The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan

5 votes 15.6%

Star in the Forest by Laura Resau

1 vote 3.1%

Falling In by Frances O'Roark Dowell

1 vote 3.1%

The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry

1 vote 3.1%

Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman

1 vote 3.1%

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