GLIDING HOME, Zu's novel in progress, was named a finalist for Hunger Mountain's 2009 Katherine Paterson Prize.

Booklist Starred Review
Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia.


March, 2009

Zu's writes about "Minding the Gap" in Through the Wardrobe

An artist's view from The Lucky Place by Aubrie

"I’d like to pretend this truck is as strong as any bomb shelter, but I know it’s not. I climb up the little step under the door and pull the handle, and the door swings out fast. I crawl inside and close it soft. The driver’s seat is cold and crackles. The steering wheel is wide like a giant bowl."

Books


The Lucky Place

Catherine the Great: Empress of RussiaA Wicked History Scholastic/Franklin Watts Hardcover, 2009

Through the Wardrobe
"The whole question of doing and being can be especially vital to a teenager."

The ALAN Review
"Digging deep into a young adult novel."

The Good People
On his way to Ireland, Wren meets a man with a strange story to tell. He never should have listened.

Gilgoff’s Grace / Yoga Journal
After enduring years of painful and debilitating injuries, Nancy Gilgoff became an American pioneer of the Ashtanga Vinyasa system. A system which transformed her life --


The Christmas Box
When his grandson finds the Christmas box in the attic, Eric reveals the story behind its mysterious contents, opening up both an old memory, and a new fear.