An Interview with Kathryn Erskine

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Kathy, can you tell us a little about your books?

QUAKING is a novel about a teenager seeking peace in a community struggling over war. She's also dealing with the bullies of her past and at her new school. When she starts stepping out of her comfort zone, a whole new world opens up for her. IBHUBESI: THE LION, a novel set in apartheid South Africa, is a coming of age story about an American teenager faced with racism and alcoholism, who protects his family and new friends from danger, and...