by Rebecca | Apr 9, 2020 | awards and honors, AWESOMENESS, books, feel the love, goals, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, In Case of Emergency, libraries, middle grade, news, Sourcebooks, teachers are the best, The Disaster Days
I’m really excited to share that The Disaster Days was selected by Bank Street College of Education as one of its “best books” of 2020. From Bank Street’s website: [The 2020] edition includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book...
by Rebecca | Dec 31, 2019 | books, gratitude, I talk about food too much, In Case of Emergency, middle grade, nostalgia, releases, The Disaster Days, The Last Grand Adventure, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, why so many tags for such a short and insubstantial post?, WIP, wrap ups, writing
According to my Instagram, these nine photos sum up my 2019: I see a lot of books (launching The Disaster Days and receiving an honor for The Last Grand Adventure), writing (I took my 2020 release from blank page to revised, final manuscript in 11 months!), and one...
by Rebecca | Dec 30, 2019 | adventures, authors, book people, books, eventful, heaven aka bookstores, In Case of Emergency, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, middle grade, readers/reception, school visits, Sourcebooks, survival stories, teachers are the best, The Disaster Days, tours, wrap ups
Author friend Michelle Schusterman and I had a fantastic time visiting schools and bookstores in the Dallas area this November: Lamar Middle School in Flower Mound; Bowie, Crockett, Lady Bird Johnson, and Lamar Middle Schools in Irving; Barnes & Noble Southlake;...
by Rebecca | Oct 21, 2019 | books, fiction lessons, In Case of Emergency, readers/reception, resources, Sourcebooks, survival stories, talking about writing, teachers are the best, The Disaster Days, this is how we read it
The Disaster Days may be fiction, but natural disasters–like the major earthquake Hannah, Zoe, and Oscar experience–are sadly real. Young readers might have a lot of questions, and some concerns, after reading their story, so I’ve put together a few...
by Rebecca | Oct 11, 2019 | books, everyone's a critic, In Case of Emergency, middle grade, releases, reviews, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, Sourcebooks, The Disaster Days, this is how we read it, wrap ups
Trade reviews for The Disaster Days have kept rolling in, and I’m excited to share what these critics have to say about Hannah’s story: “Behrens’s natural disaster–themed epic portrays a young person’s grace under pressure. . . . Her extraordinary...
by Rebecca | Oct 2, 2019 | books, conferences, eventful, heaven aka bookstores, In Case of Emergency, IRL, lets take this show on the road, middle grade, nErDcampLI, news, releases, schedules, Sourcebooks, survival stories, The Disaster Days
I’m excited to hit the road and visit a bunch of schools and bookstores–with some fabulous author friends–to share The Disaster Days. Here’s what’s scheduled for public events so far: For more information and updates, check out my Events...
