Read more of Steve Sheinkin's writing on american history.
Phillip Hoose dedicates his book to "young people everywhere who find the courage to make up their own minds." Keeping in mind this quotation and the cover of the book, imagine how the members of the Churchill Club may have used courage in their struggles.
Candace Fleming
Photos © Ellen Harasimowicz In today's installment of the Blog Hop, I'm going to answer a few questions about my newest writing project. I'm super excited to start talking about this book, because getting to this moment was-how shall I put this?-WICKED HARD. Of all the books I've written, this was the toughest to figure out.
This week, I am back at my annual writing retreat in upstate New York, overlooking beautiful Lake Champlain near Plattsburgh, NY. I can look across the lake and see the Green Mountains of Vermont, and the twinkling lights of Burlington-where I grew up. I'm here with a couple of dozen other children's book writers.