Coming in April: Middle School Writer's Symposium

Mar 8, 2022 | Rebecca Moore
Photo of Christine Day, visiting author

Christine Day

April 12, 2022, 12:15 PM

"Christine Day (Upper Skagit) grew up in Seattle, nestled between the sea, the mountains, and the pages of her favorite books. Her debut novel, I Can Make This Promise, was a best book of the year from NPR, as well as a Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book, and an American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book. Her second novel, The Sea in Winter, was a Top 10 Indie Kids’ Next List selection, a finalist for the Pacific Northwest Book Award, and an American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book. She also wrote She Persisted: Maria Tallchief, an early reader biography inspired by Chelsea Clinton’s bestselling picture book. Christine lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family." --Author's website  Day also has a short story in the anthology Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids.

Ms. Day will workshop with all 5th and 6th grade classes on April 11-12, and will present to the whole Middle School on April 12, in Fulton (with some grades watching from homerooms), at 12:15. Books will be available for purchase at lunch, using student accounts only, before the presentation [providing bookstore TBD].

Please contact Rebecca Moore with any questions (rmoore@overlake.org).

  • Cover ArtI Can Make This Promise by Christine Day

    ISBN: 9780062871992

    Publication Date: 2019-10-01

    "When Seattle native Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother's adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family's history and her own identity."

  • Cover ArtThe Sea in Winter by Christine Day

    Call Number: J-F Day

    ISBN: 9780062872043

    Publication Date: 2021-01-05

    "After an injury sidelines her dreams of becoming a ballet star, Maisie is not excited for her blended family's midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up." --OCLC.

  • Cover ArtAncestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Cynthia L. Smith

    Call Number: J-F Anc

    ISBN: 9780062869944

    Publication Date: 2021-02-09

    A collection of intersecting stories set at a powwow that bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride. In a high school gym full of color and song, Native families from Nations within the borders of the US and Canada dance, sell beadwork and books, and celebrate friendship and heritage.