Kathryn Erskine
Author of Mockingbird
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Works by Kathryn Erskine
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- Gender
- female
- Places of residence
- Virginia, USA
- Occupations
- lawyer
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- Works
- 12
- Members
- 3,620
- Popularity
- #6,993
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 413
- ISBNs
- 109
- Languages
- 4
And now it's won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature! I can hardly agree, but I do find myself thinking of Caitlin from time to time when my mind is wandering while someone's talking to me and I have to remind myself to Look At The Person.
Regarding it's comparison to [b:Out of My Mind|6609765|Out of My Mind|Sharon M. Draper|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275674397s/6609765.jpg|6803732], I completely prefer this one. But both books have this problem of too many problems. You can't heap every trouble in the world on your main character. It's too much. It's a soap opera. It's overkill.… (more)