茄子视频 Professor Publishes Series of Young Adult Books
Greensburg, PA 鈥� Dr. Lee McClain, professor of English and director of 茄子视频鈥檚 master of arts in writing popular fiction program, has written a new series of teen novels beginning with 鈥淢y Alternate Life,鈥� recently released from Dorchester Books. The series features a magic computer game that shows adopted and foster-care teens what their lives would have been like with their birth families.
The series grew out of McClain鈥檚 curiosity about her own adopted daughter鈥檚 birth family, about whom no information is available. 鈥淭eens in foster care often struggle with identity issues,鈥� says McClain, 鈥渁nd they dream about living other lives. 鈥楳y Alternate Life鈥� addresses various issues important to today鈥檚 teens, like fitting in at a new school, adjusting to a new family, racial prejudice and how girls can say no, mean it, and make it stick.鈥�
鈥淢y Alternate Life鈥� tells the story of Trinity B. Jones, a tough foster teen trying to survive life in a snobbish suburb and hoping to find a way to reunite with her birth mom. 鈥淭rinity stands up and lives on the page: gutsy, vulnerable, street-smart, people-smart 鈥� okay, just plain smart, a survivor with a heart,鈥� says award-winning author Nancy Springer.
McClain is active in local adoption organizations, writes for teen and adoption magazines, and volunteers with Beginning with Books, a family literacy organization that encourages disadvantaged kids to love books. The second book in her new series, 鈥淢y Abnormal Life,鈥� is scheduled for release in March 2005.
Additional information on McClain鈥檚 new series, including discussion questions for teen reading groups, is available on the author鈥檚 web site, www.leemcclain.com or by contacting Dr. McClain directly, at 724-830-1040 or McClain@setonhill.edu.
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