"WRITE ON!" Sherry Shahan
It's 1965: Do You Know Where Your Country Is?
AN "ELECTRIFYING" STORY BASED ON A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE (Peachtree Pub.)
Alaskan-Based Adventure Novel (Random House/Yearling)
LEARN SIMPLE SPANISH WORDS! (August House)
ENGLISH AND SPANISH! (August House)
HOT OFF THE PRESS! (August House)
READING IS A "BALL"! (Peachtree)
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MY BOOKS
ICE ISLAND (Random House)
In this riveting do-or-die adventure, Sherry draws on her dozen treks to Alaska for authentic and startling details of the unforgiving environment and its challenges. Readers should bundle up before trailing Tatum and Cole, and their incredible huskies into the frozen north. 
Sherry in Alaska doing research.
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Check out this fun reading incentive program! PURPLE DAZE is a story about war, riots, rock ‘n’ roll,
high school, love and loss. It’s set in suburban Los Angeles in 1965, an unforgettable year. Love is like sticking your car keys in a pocket with your sunglasses and thinking your glasses won't get scratched Are you ready to enter the PURPLE DAZE? Praise for PURPLE DAZE: “PURPLE DAZE is an explosion: a moment in time smashed into a thousand glinty, sharp-edged pieces, precise and dazzling.” - Tim Wynne-Jones, author of THE UNINVITED "I stayed up half the night reading PURPLE DAZE and didn’t want it to end. Ziggy, Mickey, Cheryl, and Phil have found a permanent home in my heart." - Valerie Hobbs, author of SHEEP, California Young Reader Medal “Part history, part teen survival, Shahan drops you into the Vietnam era with compelling authenticity and emotional force.” - Wendelin Van Draanen, author of THE RUNNIING DREAM
DEATH MOUNTAIN (Peachtree)
When a deadly electrical storm strikes a rugged mountain, Erin and Mae must rely on their own determination and skill to survive the untamed wilderness. This adventure story offers understanding of the natural world, as well as tips for wilderness survival. Children’s Choice Nominations: Texas Lone Star, Kentucky Bluegrass, Pennsylvania.
FIESTA! (August House)
After celebrating numbers (Cool Cats Counting, 2005) and colors (Spicy Hot Colors, 2004), this creative team turns to the concept of months, using each one to explore how Latin American countries mark various festive occasions. Each full-page spread combines vibrant art with a short poem and a prose paragraph that tells more about the customs surrounding each special day. -- Booklist
That's Not How You Play Soccer, Daddy! (Peachtree)
With Sherry's high-energy, bouncing text and the rollicking, exuberant illustrations of Tatjana Mai-Wyss, this story is sure to score with young sports enthusiasts and klutzy daddies everywhere. It's the perfect read-aloud for pre-school thru 2nd grade.
FROZEN STIFF (Random House)
"A compelling adventure story with a highly realized Alaskan setting... A solid, readable, well-researched novel with good plotting and convincing characters, this has all the elements a good survival story should have." --Booklist.
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