Laura: This book started with a question: What does it mean to be an American when your parent is an immigrant? It’s an identity I struggled with as a child. Was I more American and Jewish, like my father, or did I feel most at home in my mother’s British culture? First generation American kids […]
Tag Archives: Laura Shovan
November
15
A Long Way to Go on Gun Violence by Laura Shovan
posted by CBethM
We woke up on Thursday morning to news of another mass shooting in America, this time at a California bar. It was college night. As the mom of two college students, I was shaken once again. It had only been eleven days since Jews were gunned down in their Pittsburgh synagogue. Twelve since a man […]
January
29
#BookExpedition: How a middle grade book group came together to read widely for themselves, their students, and each other.
posted by CBethM
When I spotted this Tweet from educator Mike Contuzzi, I was intrigued. Educator reading groups were popping up on Twitter, but I had no idea how they worked. I replied to Mike (who has since left #BookExpedition), wondering what I’d signed up for. Now a #BookExpedition veteran, I love the distance reading […]
October
13
Cover Reveal: Takedown by Laura Shovan
posted by donalynm
I’m thrilled to be revealing the cover of my next middle grade novel at Nerdy Book Club today! Writing this book was a big stretch for me. My first book, The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, was a verse novel. Not only is Takedown written in prose, it’s a sports story. My son had been wrestling […]
