You Will Call Me Drog (book review)

by Misty on March 23, 2012
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What would you do if you had a problem and no one believed you? Hawaiʻi author Sue Cowing‘s middle-grade novel You Will Call Me Drog (Lerner Publishing, 2011) is a story about a boy stuck in more ways than one. Parker is eleven years old, he does okay in school but doesn’t particularly like it, and […]

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Meeting authors on the weekend

by Misty on November 18, 2011
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Last weekend, Alex and I went to the Barnes & Noble Kahala book signing event with Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl for her recently released book Murder Leaves Its Mark, the crime-thriller sequel to Murder Casts a Shadow. It was wonderful to get a chance to chat with her about the new book and writing. We talked about 1930’s […]

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You Will Call Me Drog Book Launch Event

by Alex on August 31, 2011
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[gn_quote] A debut middle-grade novel and a cleverly framed story of self-determination and family relationships. Fresh, funny, unexpected and, at times, just a little dark. [/gn_quote] Recently, I came across an uncanny book trailer while scouring the Internet for Hawaii book news.  The trailer was for a new novel titled You Will Call Me Drog […]

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Congratulations to the winning poets of “Youth Speaks Hawai’i”

by Misty on July 21, 2009
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Today’s article in the Honolulu Advertiser about the young poets from Hawaii performing in the final round of the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, was very exciting. These talented artists work hard to write their own poems and practice reciting them for competition on an international level. Encouraging our youth to express themselves […]

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