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- Author of the award-winning Harvey Comes Home and Harvey Holds His Own
- A perfect book-lover's book full of middle-grade novel recommendations. Will appeal to librarians, teachers, and advocates for bibliotherapy
- Will include a bibliography of all titles mentioned in the story
- A sensitive exploration of how bias can affect a child's success at school, and a celebration of educators who challenge and overcome such bias
- A quintessential middle-grade story about growing into the person you want to be
- Forthcoming classroom guide for educators
- The author is a middle-school teacher herself and has excellent curriculum-related material for virtual author visits
- Features warm intergenerational relationships. Jane's grandparents assist with childcare; her grandfather coaches her Kid Lit Quiz team; and their relationship becomes central while he recovers from a sudden stroke
- Explores the experience of having a father (Jane's) posted overseas with the military World rights available
An author and junior high school teacher, Colleen Nelson earned her Bachelor of Education from the University of Manitoba in her hometown of Winnipeg. Her previous works include the critically acclaimed middle-grade novels Harvey Comes Home and Harvey Holds His Own, which is a 2020 Governor General’s Award Finalist; Sadia, which won the 2019 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award; and Blood Brothers, which was selected as the 2018 McNally Robinson Book of the Year for Young People. Her first picture book, Teaching Mrs. Muddle, was published in 2020. Colleen writes daily in between appearances at hockey rinks and soccer fields in support of her two sports-loving sons. The family’s West Highland Terrier Rosie adds an extra-loveable dose of liveliness, squirrel-chasing, and shoe-chewing to their lives.
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