Shirley Reva Vernick

Shirley Reva Vernick

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Shirley Reva Vernick's interviews and feature articles have appeared in Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, national newspapers, and the publications of Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Boston Universities. She also runs a popular storytelling website, storybee.org, which is used in schools, libraries, hospitals and homes all over the world. Shirley graduated from Cornell University, majoring in economics and nutrition, and is an alumna of the Radcliffe Writing Seminars. Her first novel, The Blood Lie, won the Simon Wiesenthal Once Upon a World Children's Book Award; was a Skipping Stone Honor Book; won the Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction, Directors Mention; was the silver medalist for the Sydney Taylor Book Award; and was listed by the ALA for the 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults. She lives in Amherst, Massachussetts.
20th October 2011

The Blood Lie: A Novel

2012 Sydney Taylor Award Honor Book, 2012 Skipping Stone Honor Book. Lauren Myracle, author of Shine, calls it "a powerf... MoreThe Blood Lie: A Novel

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17th August 2017

The Blood Lie

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012 2012 Sydney Taylor Award "A powerful and poignant reminder that no person can ... MoreThe Blood Lie

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8th August 2013

Remember Dippy

Johnny's plans fly out the window when he finds out his single mother is leaving town for the summer. She has a breakt... MoreRemember Dippy

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10th July 2014

The Black Butterfly

Penny is furious, and who can blame her? She has to spend Christmas break alone at the Black Butterfly, an old inn at ... MoreThe Black Butterfly

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26th August 2021

Falling Stars

A middle grade novel of historical fiction explores a true story of the only WWII casualties in the continental U.S... MoreFalling Stars

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8th February 2022

Ripped Away

Ignored yet again by his crush, Abe Pearlman wanders into Fortunes and Futures for a little diversion. The fortune telle... MoreRipped Away

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