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News! Kekla's new novel, Camo Girl, will release on January 4, 2011. Very exciting! This is the cover, so keep an eye out for it in your local bookstores. Plus, the first review is in: Camo Girl got a star from Kirkus Reviews, saying: "This elegantly crafted story features strong writing and solid characterizations of both main and secondary characters. Ella and Bailey's racial identity is one element in a full and richly textured narrative." Read the full review HERE. Visit the Books page for more information about Camo Girl. -- Kekla's YA novel The Rock and the River won the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent. Yay! And this is what the cover looks like with the exciting CSK sticker on it! The Rock and the River was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award. The Rock and the River is coming soon in audio book form! The Rock and the River has also been named an 2010 ALA Notable Book for Children and a YALSA 2010 Best Books for Young Adults. Want to buy the book? You can get it online from: Reviews! Here are some reviews of The Rock and the River: Julie Just, The New York Times Book Review: "Magoon shows movingly how two sons of a civil rights leader come to bear the cost of the struggle." Elizabeth Bird, A Fuse #8 Production: "A little blood, a little sweat, and a whole bucket of tears appear to have gone into Magoon's novel, and the result is a book that never reaches for the easy answers. This is a book that challenges young readers to think." Richie Partington, Richie's Picks: "In the course of Sam Childs' coming of age story, amidst the American history I thought I knew so well, author Kekla Magoon has radically altered my understanding of the Black Panther Party. In her debut novel, Magoon, who studied history as an undergraduate, does an exceptional job of integrating many sides of very complex racial and political issues into this tense tale of an adolescent who has grown up in the Civil Rights Movement."Ed Spicer, SpicyReads: "The Rock and the River will make you think. It will make you think regardless of your racial or social background. We have, finally, a story that has been missing from the young adult literature canon for far too long. Buy this book. Read this book. Share this book with others. You will not be sorry." Interviews! The Brown Bookshelf: 28 Days Later, Interview by Kelly Starling Lyons Through the Tollbooth, Interview by Sarah Sullivan My Verbocity, Interview by Tracy Marchini A Fuse #8 Production, Interview by Elizabeth Bird The Imaginary Blog, Interview by Lynn Hazen (with Bethany Hegedus) The Chocolate Pages Show, Blog Radio Interview by Pam Perry (Podcast) |
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Videos! Here's a short video of Kekla talking about why she wrote The Rock and the River: Here's another video interview with Kekla, by educator and YA book reviewer Ed Spicer of SpicyReads.org: |
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