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WelcomeCHECK OUT THE NEW BOOK TRAILERS ! RETURNABLE GIRL BOOK TRAILER (10.0MB) A teen in foster care must choose betweenthe woman who wants to adopt her orthe mother who abandoned heramidst the cliques and bullying of middle school ATTENTION BOOK CLUBS AND READING LISTS!!!
COMING IN PAPERBACK FALL 2009 (Marshall Cavendish) AWARDS RETURNABLE GIRL
(Marshall Cavendish, 2006) INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION'S YOUNG ADULT CHOICES LIST 2008 VOYA's TOP SHELF FICTION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL READERS 2006 American Library Association 2006 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers New York Public Library 2007 Books for the Teen Age Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Titles for 2007 Cleveland Public Library Y READ PROGRAM 2007 Columbus Library TEENSCONNECT "Fearless Female" The Statewide New Jersey Summer Reading Program 2008 My agent is Susan Schulman who represents authors of Holes, Women Who Love Too Much, The English Patient, and many more! Contact Susan at Shulman@ EXCERPT FROM RETURNABLE GIRL
“Veronica Hartman has been returned nine times between the ages of eleven and thirteen.” That’s what it says in my file, but if you include the return by my uncle and Raylene the week before Christmas almost two years ago, then it really has been a total of ten times--so far. The last time, I got kicked out of Lancaster Academy for throwing a pair of scissors at my art teacher. And the time before that, I buried my foster mother’s keys in the backyard behind the barn. That number doesn’t include the times I had to stay at the shelter, or the overnight emergency placements; I can’t even remember most of those. “All that returning can do some damage,” Alison says, “but you’ve got to find ways to cope.” Alison Hauser is my foster mom (at the moment) and she’s also a therapist. She hasn’t returned me yet, and I’ve been with her over three months, but that doesn’t mean she won’t. Lately, I guess, she’s been considering it. Like this morning, for instance, after I threw the frozen can of orange juice across the kitchen. “I’m not a thief!” I screamed at her as I let the can fly.  SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE
Continuing Education Friday March 14 They are Teens First(The not so secret lives of foster and adopted teens) Adoption Rhode Island:Book Club for Foster Teens(2/ ACONE (Adoption Community of New England)Professional Day Westborough MA April 4-5 2008 www.adoptioncommunity Community Action Foster Care Training Woonsocket RI June 19th 6-8pm LaSalle Parent Night December 9th Past speaking engagements:2006 through 2007 READING WITH ROBIN (7-8 AM) Saturday November 181-866-920-WHJJ (920AM) (Tannerhill Adoption Agency book signing and Foster Parent Training at 11AM same day) Rhode Island College Social Work Class November 20 St. Mary's Foster Home Staff and Foster Parent Training November 28th MOMTALKRADIO December 2006 GORDON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL in Providence, RI Wed. Jan. 24 at 7pm(At Gordon's Book Fair Nov. 14) Tea With Marie (Channel 13 RI)Airing April 13th At Providence College Social Work ClassFeb 13 The Resiliant Child Series ADOPTION RHODE ISLAND March 23rd Barrington High SchoolBlogging and Podcast NATIONAL FOSTER PARENT CONFERENCE WASHINGTON DC May 25, 2007 BookExpo America (BEA)New York City June-3 Connecticut Association Foster Parents June 19th 2007 Barnes and Nobel Warwick RI September 22 12-2pm Author Series Philips Memorial Baptist Church Sept. 23rd Caritas Dinner and Silent Auction Keynote October 24 "Let's talk Adoption" Conference November 3 Rutgers University (my alma mater!)Piscataway, NJ Author Talk Bayview Commons November 14 Bayside YMCA Author Book Club  Already in 2009, 124,086 kids in foster care have had to celebrate their birthdays without a permanent family. By the end of the year, this number will reach 513,000. |
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Greg Spiess Speaking EngagementsI have presented programs about adolescents at national and state-wide conferences, conducted training and parent education seminars at public and independent schools. For more information click above "workshop" tag.
For information on speaking opportunities including fees, available dates, or for any other reason email me directly at palwrites@
SPOTTING FOR NELLIE
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