There's no such thing as coincidence

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​ Always check your rearview mirror...
 Spring Break in Palm Springs.
 At 16, she's a new driver.
 All she wants is to visit her grandparents, soak up the sun and play some tennis.
 The fender-bender ended the vacation.
 Now she's onto a car crash scam that takes her deep into the desert.

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CBC Books selection

 Careful what you wish for...
 Drumming is her passion.
 All she wants to do is play in a band,
​ But now she's leading a double life that's got her on the run.

 CBCBook's 25 great Canadian #BlackGirlBooks
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 "...the way Olivia just seems to naturally slip into the role of victim was so scary and I found myself frantic to get from page to page to see what would happen to her."

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Featured Titles

There's a shark in the
waters of Gulf Coast High

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CCBC Best Books for Teens
Starred Selection

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Rated One of the Year's Best 
-Resource Links  

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What People Are Saying...

Trap Jam's hitting                                                                                     Home run Reviews from Good Reads & CM Magazine!

"This book went into a completely different direction than I thought it would and that was a nice surprise."
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"This book was engrossing and scary."

Check it out at Lorimer and Amazon

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"Readers will be left with a sense of accomplishment when they're finished Hardball, and they'll enjoy the mix of baseball and real-life issues." Read more here

"A well-written, high-interest contemporary fiction for middle and high school boys." Read more here

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Spiked takes on body image

Thank you to Resource Links for naming Spiked as One of the Year’s Best for 2013 in their annual roundup of top-rated children’s books! 

Rated E: excellent, enduring, everyone should read it! Check out the full review here.

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 Hurricane Heat Chapters Signing

I had a lot of fun doing the signing. Read more about it on the Orca site here or order it here. 

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www.hockeybookreviews.com

Thank you to Joe Pelletier for the great review! "Author Steve Barwin has an important offering here in Making Select. He understands the target audience expertly. "

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Canadian Teacher Magazine Interview

I had a lot of fun doing the interview. Check it out of here.

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Review by the International Reading Association 

"This action-filled book shows exactly how subtly bullying can be perpetuated. Everyone involved in team sports should read this book."
Read it here 

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Q-Mack says...

"I met Steve while performing my anti-bullying basketball trickshow at the school he teaches. Fadeaway is on my two favourite subjects, basketball and bullying. It's a real winner - or as I say, "nothin' but NET!!"

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