Blessed Christmas greetings to you all. Davalynn Spencer here, welcoming author Kathy Cassel for a visit about her intriguing new novel, A Thousand Lies. Welcome, Kathy. Please give us peek at what’s coming. Fifteen-year-old Bailey Collins finds her life with her parents in rural Indiana boring and predictable. That all changes when baby photos of her reveal that everything she thought true about her life is a lie. This sends her on a quest for her true identity. What inspired you to write such a stirring story? I want to give teens a faith-based alternative to books written by authors…
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YA Book Review: Freerunner
A book review for YA novel—Freerunner Set against the backdrop of the sport of freerunning, Kia must decide whether she will continue running or face her past abuser in order to save another child. Learn more: Night is Kia’s favorite time, when she freeruns to outdistance the memories of abuse she suffered as a young child. But when former reality television star Terrence Jones arrives at their school as the new head track coach, things begin to change in unpredictable ways. Kia tries out for the team to fit in, but just as she’s gaining a new sense of normal,…
A Chat with Author Kathy Cassel
Greetings from Sarah Sundin, still sheltering-in-place in California. Sigh. Today I have the joy of virtually escaping my cocoon in an interview with adventurous multi-published author Kathy Cassel. Kathy has lived all over the world as an Air Force wife, has adopted children from Haiti, and learned to scuba dive just so she could write a book! Kathy, please tell us about your new Young Adult book, Freerunner. Kia Scott uses freerunning to escape memories of the abuse she suffered at age six. When her abuser steps back into her life, things get out of control leaving her to choose…
Tips from the Pros: Katrina Cassel
Greetings from Sarah Sundin in California! Today I have the honor of interviewing scuba-diving, ukulele-playing author Katrina Cassel, who writes nonfiction for girls and preteens. Because if you write for children, you have to stay young at heart! Katrina, how did you get into writing? I always enjoyed writing but never thought it could be a career, so I went into teaching. But moving around with my Air Force husband meant trying to recertify in different states, so instead I worked more on my writing. Then with all the changes in education it was no longer “fun,” so I never…