Into the Past w/ Tracy Deebs + Giveaway (Tempest Rising Blog Tour)
I'm so pleased to host Tracy Deebs today, author of the recently released Tempest Rising (Walker Books for Young Readers, May 10th, 2011). For Into the Past, the question is: What books do you think your past self would recommend at ages 5, 12, 17 and 20? Please welcome Tracy! :) *** Thanks for having me, Sherry! I’ve been a huge reader my whole life, so your prompt made me very, very excited! At 5 , I would have recommended the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, The Little Mermaid, and any book that had Wonder Woman in it (I’m still a huge fan of both to this day) Oh, and If I Ran the Circus by Dr. Seuss. At 12 , I probably would have recommended the Sweet Valley High series and Forever by Judy Blume. I also loved the Sunfire Historical YA series, where each book was a girl’s name and she lived in a different time in history (the gold rush, New Orleans during pirating times, the American Revolution). A new one came out each month and I devoured them. This was also th...