Award-winning children's and middle-grade author, literacy advocate, and founder of the nonprofit Rise Up Foundation, Alane Adams (aka @alaneadamsbooks)
I had a chance to review this book, which follows Phoebe Katz on a new mission to save Olympus. Along with her friends, she discovers that the stories in the books have actually changed based on what they did. Now she has to go back and fix the history she changed, but before the demi-god children are destroyed.
It's a fun book, especially for middle elementary kids who like adventure or mythology. It's a good book for reluctant readers, with fast-paced action and an intriguing plot, but it won't bore kids who are voracious readers either.
Along with her new much-anticipated release, Alane has created several free, interactive assets for teachers in their virtual and in-person classes that she would be open to discuss, including:
- A read-along with Alane and workbook exercises
- Virtual classroom visits
- A creative Book Club Kit
- Reading quizzes and more
About Alane Adams
Alane Adams is the author of award-winning titles that include the Legends of Orkney™ Norse mythology series for middle grade readers, the Witches of Orkney prequel series, and a series of historical picture books set in the 1920s including The Coal Thief. Alane's newest Greek mythology series, The Legends of Olympus debuted Spring 2020 with The Eye of Zeus. Alane Adams and her books have been featured on BBC, Fox, the CW, Parade, Bustle, Today, People, and many more! When Alane is not writing or talking to kids in schools about Reading Is A Superpower, she’s out hiking somewhere in the world or hanging out with her three boys in Southern California. For more information, visit https://alaneadams.com o
About Rise Up Foundation
Rise Up Foundation strives to improve the lives of children and families living in poverty and difficult circumstances, as well as teachers and educators of young children. Rise Up supports literacy projects as a path toward improving the future prospects of children in underserved communities by making book donations, providing classroom support, and grant-making. In addition to literacy efforts, Rise Up works with organizations committed to defining and solving the problems that chronic poverty brings to children and their communities.
In just the last two years, Rise Up has partnered with organizations such as First Book, Donors Choose, Teach Your Heart Out, and Reading is Fundamental to provide nearly $500,000 in funding, classroom supplies, and donated books, with an additional $170,000 in grants awarded to individual teachers. To date, Alane Adams and Rise Up Foundation has:
- visited 300+ schools so far,
- donated over 42,500 books,
- reached over 100,000 kids in her efforts to create real and lasting change for children, schools, and families in need.
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