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Holly is a very bossy dog. We can tell she thinks she runs the house by the way she pushes us with her nose to get her some more water, or to throw her green ball. She knows 16 different tricks, including one where we say “bang-bang”, and she falls over on her side, lays her head down, and pretends she is dead. By the way she does this trick so skillfully, we can tell she thinks her acting talent will soon get her discovered, and that she is eagerly waiting to sign a major motion picture deal. |
NEWS & EVENTS
The Year the Swallows Came Early is now a Bank Street Best Book for 2010.
Bookpage has named The Year the Swallows Came Early as one of the Ten Best Middle Grade Novels of 2009.
The Year the Swallows Came Early has been named by Booklist as a Top Ten First Novels for Youth in 2009.
The Year the Swallows Came Early is now a California Readers Collection List selection for 2010
Scholastic's Instructor Magazine has named The Year the Swallows Came Early as a Best Kids' Book for 2009.
The Year the Swallows Came Early has been nominated by SCIBA (Southern California Independent Booksellers Association) for their annual book awards.
MEET KATHRYN
When Kathryn was thirteen, her mother sent her to New York to visit her grandmother, who was a science fiction author. After seeing how her grandmother created the characters in her books, Kathryn decided that she, too, wanted to become a writer.