Provides tips on how to write historical fiction stories, including how to get started, how to create characters, and how to develop plots. Includes suggestions from famous authors.[...]
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Rico learns that the culture he thought he hated may be his best source of strength Rico hates everything to do with his Mayan heritage. Fighting to preserve Mayan customs was what killed his dad. Now his family is poor, and he and his sister Delfina need to sell their produce in the city to earn mo[...]
A fictional retelling of the life of a notorious voodooienne takes readers into mid-nineteenth-century New Orleans, offering an interpretation of Marie Laveau's secret religious practices and how they shaped her surrounding culture. Reprint. AB. K.[...]
This title includes: Writing/Brainstorming/ Creativity Exercises; Writer's Timeline; Case Studies; Tips and Techniques; Writing Excerpts; Research Activities; Book List; Table of Contents, Glossary, and Index; and relevant Web sites.Readers become writers with tips from expert authors. Each book con[...]
Danny doesn't want to be a hunter, but when the rains fail, he and his father Jacob are forced to go poaching for meat in the forbidden game park. But when Danny makes a terrible mistake, their theft is discovered. Now the corrupt ranger, Davis Sata, has plans for Jacob - plans that involve ivory po[...]