An Author's Favorites

Up next on Worlds Awaiting - Rachel welcomes young reader and teen author, Wendelin Van Draanen, and asks her to name some of her favorites among the books she has written, and why they’re her favorites. Van Draanen has written more than thirty novels for young readers including: the Sammy Keyes mystery series (recipient of the Edgar Award), and Flipped (which became a Warner Brothers feature film in 2010). Other titles include The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones and The Running Dream, and, two other series: The Shredderman and The Gecko & Sticky. A high school classroom teacher for fifteen years, Wendelin is now a fulltime writer.