WORDS ON FIRE is Released!

To those who have pre-ordered WORDS ON FIRE, asked your library to stock it, bought it at a Scholastic Book Fair, or in any way helped to support this book, thank you!

Booklist gave it a starred review, saying that “[Audra’s] transformation from a shy, retiring child to a courageous and creative young woman as she employs her father’s magic tricks to help her work is marvelous to see. She is surrounded with complex and well-rounded characters, and the plot is gripping and moves swiftly. Audra’s story deserves a place on the shelf next to Lois Lowry’s Number the Stars and Marcus Zusak’s The Book Thief.”

Books to Borrow…Books to Buy calls it “Riveting, fascinating, and bearing important messages about resistance against oppressors, courage, and the irrefutable importance of words, books and culture…a masterful offering of a little-known piece of history.”

Anderson’s Bookshop in Chicago has already included it on their 2019 Mock Newbery List. Thank you, Anderson’s!!!

And speaking of Anderson’s, I’ll be at Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville, Illinois on October 6 at 2 pm. If you are in the area, I would love to see you there.

If you haven’t yet seen Scholastic Clubs and Fairs’ book trailer for WORDS ON FIRE, check it out HERE.

If you wish to get your own copy of WORDS ON FIRE, please support your local indie first. But other links are included below.

INDIEBOUND

BARNES & NOBLE

AMAZON

THE KING’S ENGLISH (Signed copies)