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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Amanda Eaddy Oliver, author of Cheyenne the Cat

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Amanda Eaddy Oliver, author of Cheyenne the Cat
(AuthorHouse)

Cheyenne the Cat is as story that deals with issues the youth of today face: establishing an identity while being different, relationships with peers, bullying and separation from a military parent.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Cheyenne the Cat?

Amanda Eaddy Oliver: The character “Cheyenne” was inspired by a stray cat that would sit outside my apartment door whining. My two children and I Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Amanda Eaddy Oliver, author of Cheyenne the Cat →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Sharon G. Flake, author of You Don’t Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys

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Sharon G. Flake, author of You Don’t Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys
(Disney Book Group)

You Don’t Even Know Me, is a collection of thought-provoking short stories and poems about teenage boys expressed by a variety of male voices.

The book examines hard-hitting topics like HIV/AIDS and teenage suicide. The characters discuss relationships between fathers and sons, young men and older women, love and marriage. Class issues and diversity stories are included.

In one story, a young man contemplates getting even with the person who killed his grandfather. Through poetry, a young man melodically shares his love for his chocolate, cinnamon, his beige colored boo. While in another story, a young man is seduced by his older neighbor.

In this book, we meet a young boy who ambitiously talks about being president of the world and moving the White House to Harlem. This book places a much deserved spotlight on a group that is often ignored by society-at-large.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write You Don’t Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys?

Sharon G. Flake: Inner-city youth are a major inspiration to me. Their lives, like the fashion they create and the music they bring to the world, is a mirror Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Sharon G. Flake, author of You Don’t Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With.. Ellen Brazer, author of Clouds Across the Sun

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Ellen Brazer, author of Clouds Across the Sun
(T.C.J. Publishing)

Before the end of WWII, Hitler charged a group of his most trusted and brilliant comrades with a mission—educate your progeny and then elevate them to positions of power throughout the world. Steeped in fact and impeccably researched, Clouds Across the Sun is the story of just one of these children.

From Naples, Florida, New York City and Washington D.C., to Israel and then the killing grounds of Vilnius, Poland (Lithuania) this story is one of great romance, discovery, redemption and enlightenment as Jotto Wells unravels the intrigue surrounding a plan to take over the government of the United States.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Clouds Across the Sun?

Ellen Brazer: Over a lifetime of encounters, when I decided not to walk away from chance encounters but to cultivate new friendships. From that Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With.. Ellen Brazer, author of Clouds Across the Sun →