Following the Great East Japan Earthquake, editor Holly Thompson, a YA author (Orchards, a 2012 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults book) and a longtime resident of Japan, became especially concerned about teen survivors of the quake and tsunami. She decided to collect YA short fiction from writers and translators connected to Japan either by heritage or experience, offering stories that would allow readers worldwide to “visit” Japan.
The thirty-six stories of Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction—An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories (Stone Bridge Press, March) cover a wide range of genres (prose, verse, graphic narratives) and feature nine stories translated from the Japanese. With the exception of Graham Salisbury and Alan Gratz, most of the authors, many of whom write for adults, will be new to American teens. The book was published in March to mark the one-year anniversary of the disaster, and proceeds will go to Hope for Tomorrow, which provides educational expenses, mentoring, tutoring, and foreign language support to high school students in the hard-hit area of Tohoku.
Hey you.<br />Thank you.<br /><br />And congratulations to dear Farida and to the others you list here.<br /><br />But.<br /><br />Also.<br /><br />CONGRATULATIONS to you. Progress!!!!
All sorts of awesome news. And I love Beth's cover!
Love all the good news on a Friday!<br />I finished my final revisions this week, that made me pretty darn happy! Next step is agent research and writing the query...
Love all the good news on a Friday!<br />I finished my final revisions this week, that made me pretty darn happy! Next step is agent research and writing the query...
Vivian, thanks so much for the links! And congrats to everybody else--including your progress! :)
Vivian--<br /><br />Thanks for passing along all the good news. Just stopping by to wish you a wonderful 2010...belatedly. I have you have a grand year.
Thanks for sharing everyone's news, Vivian. Congratulations to all!!
Thank you, Vivian! I am so glad to read other folks' good news, too.
hey --congrats to all the folks!!
wooo-hooo, lots of good news!