Description: The Summer I Turned Pretty meets He's All That in this charming YA contemporary romance set against the backdrop of the Catskills, where two teens must unravel the lies they've told each other to have a real chance at love.
Brief description:
Ellen Hagan is a writer, performer, and educator. Her poetry collections include: Hemisphere and Crowned. Her work can be found in ESPN Magazine, She Walks in Beauty and Southern Sin. She is the recipient of a NoMAA Creative Arts Grant and received grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women and the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts. National arts residencies include The Hopscotch House and Louisiana Arts Works. Ellen is the Director of the Poetry & Theatre Departments at the DreamYard Project and directs their International Poetry Exchange Program with Japan, South Korea and the Philippines. She co-leads the Alice Hoffman Young Writer's Retreat at Adelphi University.
www.ellenhagan.com; @ellenhagan
Review Quotes:
"All That Shines delves into the ugliness of privilege and the power of renewal with Kentucky's rich landscape and music as a soundtrack, cementing this novel's place among the classics." --Lilliam Rivera, author of Pura Belpré Honor book NEVER LOOK BACK
"Urgent and romantic, Don't Call Me a Hurricane beautifully demonstrates the strength of community and the power of love." --Brandy Colbert, award-winning author of DOMINICA "A simmering romance in which two recent high school graduates at an elite resort endeavor to reinvent themselves by telling lies-and maybe fall in love. The protagonists remain sympathetic even amid their mutual deceit, while the cozy plot builds to a compassionate, mature, and surprising resolution." --Publishers Weekly "A sweet, whirlwind summer romance." --Kirkus Reviews "Fans of summer romances will enjoy this one." --School Library Journal