#A Story of Grief, Love, and Hope
"When her father dies, Amie’s ability to play music dies, too. Nothing short of a miracle can bring back what she has lost." Karen S. Chow's lyrical narrative, Miracle, is a story about the complexity of grief - told in a way that's accessible to children. It has earned praise from Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, and others. She was also awarded the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Desert Sunrise Scholarship for OwnVoices in 2021 and the Out from the Margins Award in 2022.
“Miracle is a deeply personal and moving account of one girl’s grief. It is a story about life and loss and—most of all—hope.” ~Mary E. Lambert, author of Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes
Karen refers to her debut novel as a "heart story," combining her love for music with her experiences witnessing her father passing away from pancreatic cancer. "With hope and harmony lighting the way—and with help from the people who care about her most—Amie must find the strength to carry on." Learn more about this remarkable book at a special author event intended for kids, ages 5-12.
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Junior Lit Chat with Karen Chow, Monday, January 22, from 3:30-4 p.m. This event will take place live at the Willow Branch Library. Please note: A limited number of copies of Miracle will be given away to participants, on a first come, first served basis. Arrive early to secure a copy for your child.
Karen Chow is a Taiwanese-American author, who started writing novels as a college sophomore at Arizona State University while earning a degree in electrical engineering. She wrote and queried several books (mostly YA fiction), before discovering a love for writing middle grade contemporary fiction. Now, she is an engineer by day and middle-grade novelist by night. Her debut middle-grade novel, Miracle, was written for National Novel Writing Month in 2016.
When she’s not writing, she loves spending time with her three kids, hiking all over Arizona, and applying her electrical engineering know-how on rotorcraft (aka helicopters) at her day job. She lives in Gilbert, AZ. She invites you to visit her at kchowrites.com.
#READ
Check out Karen’s book Miracle in our catalog!
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