Ebook {Epub PDF} The Cursed Ground by T.R. Simon

 · Here T.R. Simon on her new young adult novel, Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground. A powerful fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston’s childhood adventures. T.R. Simon is a children's book writer. Her first book, Zora and Me, co-authored with Victoria Bond, won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent and was nominated for an Edgar Award in the category of Juvenile www.doorway.ru second book, Oskar and the Eight Blessings, co-authored with her husband Richard Simon and illustrated by Mark Siegel, won the National Jewish Book Award for.  · T. R. Simon is the co-author, with Victoria Bond, of the John Steptoe New Talent Author Award winner Zora and www.doorway.ru is also the co-author, with Richard Simon, of Oskar and the Eight Blessings, illustrated by Mark Siegel and winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Children’s Literature.T. R. Simon lives in Westchester County, New www.doorway.ru: Candlewick Press.

Editorial Reviews "ZORA WAS BOLD and honest like a bumblebee asking to nectar on springtime flowers, and loud and fearless like a bobcat," says year-old Carrie Brown, the narrator of the beautifully written ZORA AND ME: THE CURSED GROUND, by T.R. Simon In "Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground," the two girls learn about the enslaved history of some of their town's inhabitants and the. Lucia's struggle for freedom resonates through the years, threatening the future of America's first incorporated black township — the hometown of author Zora Neale Hurston (). In a riveting coming-of-age tale, award-winning author T. R. Simon champions the strength of a people to stand up for justice. Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground T. R. Simon This is the sequel to Zora and Me. Carrie and Zora are now 13 or 14 years old and have stumbled upon another mystery, one that dregs up the dark and dangerous past of slavery.

Her latest book, Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground, a Junior Library Guild Selection, has received starred reviews from Kirkus, Horn Books, School Library Journal, and Shelf Awareness. T.R. Simon holds an M.A. in cultural anthropology and is an adjunct lecturer at the City University of New York Publishing Certificate Program where she teaches a course on children’s book publishing. “Zora was bold and honest like a bumblebee asking to nectar on springtime flowers, and loud and fearless like a bobcat,” says year-old Carrie Brown, the narrator of the beautifully written ZORA AND ME: THE CURSED GROUND (Candlewick, pp., $; ages 10 and up), by T. R. Simon. In this second book in a promised series that imagines the life of the young Zora Neale Hurston, Zora and her friend Carrie solve a murder in their town of Eatonville, Fla., in the early s. Home - T.R. Simon. ZORA AND ME: THE CURSED GROUND. This powerful fictionalized mystery of Zora Neale Hurston’s childhood adventures explores how speaking the secrets of slavery unlocks a future of freedom and truth for everyone. Edgar nominee in the category of Juvenile Mystery.