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Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia is part of the Wicked Series • Directly correlated to social studies standards for middle and high school students • Includes etchings, maps, photos, and primary source documents • Back matter includes glossaries, timeline, biographical dictionaries |
Writers Workshops & School VisitsZu loves working with students of all ages to help engage them in reading and writing.
She can tailor school visits to your needs and state educational standards. She’s worked with children and teens through Pacific Coast Children's Writers Workshop, Writers in the Schools, LEAP, and the L.A. Reading Council, and speaks at literary events on both coasts. Her debut novel about fathers and daughters, THE LUCKY PLACE (Front Street Press), is an Honor Award Book for the 2009 Paterson Prize, an Accelerated Reader, a 2009 Kansas State Reader's Circle Recommendation, a 2009-2010 Pennsylvania School Librarian's Top 40 Young Adult Book, a Cynsations "New Voices" pick for 2008, an ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) pick for August 2008 and is “Highly Recommended” by Library Media Connection in a starred review. Zu's non-fiction books and essays for young people include; CATHERINE THE GREAT (Scholastic), A JAPANESE AMERICAN IN WWII (Harcourt), THROUGH THE WARDROBE: Your Favorite Authors on C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia (BenBella Books), and the upcoming NOTABLE NATIVE AMERICANS (Salina Bookshelf). Her middle grade novel in progress GLIDING HOME is a 2009 finalist for HUNGER MOUNTAIN'S Katherine Paterson Prize. Her work has also appeared in numerous publications such as HARPER'S, YOGA JOURNAL and the scholarly journal The ALAN REVIEW. A former magazine and book editor, she holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College where she was awarded Harcourt’s prestigious post-graduate semester in 2006. Zu blogs about writing and young adult literature at “Through the Tollbooth.”  Questions for the Author (28.0KB)To schedule Writer's Workshops or Author Visits please write to: zu@zuvincent.com |
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