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“When the Whistle Blows is reminiscent of classic tales by Jack London, William Golding and Robert Louis Stevenson, yet carries the remarkable, fresh voice of its author. Fran Cannon Slayton should be extremely proud of this, her debut novel.”
—El...
“When the Whistle Blows is reminiscent of classic tales by Jack London, William Golding and Robert Louis Stevenson, yet carries the remarkable, fresh voice of its author. Fran Cannon Slayton should be extremely proud of this, her debut novel.”
—El...
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 7:44am on February 24, 2009,
Sean Colson said…
- Hi Fran, Good to see you! Looks a like a great book!
- At 9:43am on February 23, 2009,
Audrey Heagney said…
- Thank you for inviting me to be your friend. It is an honor!
Audrey
- At 7:36pm on February 22, 2009,
Andrea M. Kulman said…
- Hi there & thank you for being a friend.
- At 1:00pm on February 22, 2009,
Sheila Deeth said…
- Great to meet you Fran. Your book sounds great. I will look out for it.
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- My name is Fran Cannon Slayton and I am the author of When the Whistle Blows (Philomel Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, June 2009). When the Whistle Blows is a coming of age novel about a boy growing up in a 1940's railroad town and his yearly Halloween adventures between the ages of 12 and 18 as he discovers more and more about his father and the secret society to which his father belongs.
Reviews for WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS:
“When the Whistle Blows is reminiscent of classic tales by Jack London, William Golding and Robert Louis Stevenson, yet carries the remarkable, fresh voice of its author. Fran Cannon Slayton should be extremely proud of this, her debut novel.”
—Ellen Hopkins, author of Crank and Identical and National Book Award finalist
“With wit and warmth Fran Cannon Slayton recounts a steam-driven coming of age story in the last of the real railroad days.”
—Richard Peck, author of A Year Down Yonder
“[When the Whistle Blows] is a growing up novel that includes scenes reminiscent of Richard Peck's Long Way from Chicago and has a classical mannerism that will steam its way on to state award lists all over the country. . . This novel is fresh, smart, witty, warm, well-written, funny. . . an amazing novel."
—Diane Chen, American Library Association board member and School Library Journal blogger
“I loved When the Whistle Blows.”
—Barbara Keifer, Charlotte S. Huck Professor of Children’s Literature at Ohio State University and editor of Charlotte Huck’s on Children’s Literature college textbook.
“A highly engaging, well-written, really good read.”
—Dr. Joel Taxel, University of Georgia, Department of Language and Literary Education
“From its whip-smart opening to its look at the complexity of father/son relationships, Slayton’s loving novel takes a long hard look at the death of people and that intangible idea of ‘home’ . . . ‘When the Whistle Blows’ stopped me in my tracks.”
—Elizabeth Bird, A Fuse #8 Production (School Library Journal)
- My Published Books or Favorite Books
- WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS (Philomel Books, a division of Penguins Young Reader Group, June 2009)
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- http://www.francannonslayton.com
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- http://franslayton.livejournal.com
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Praise for the debut novel When the Whistle Blows (Philomel Books, a division of Penguin Young Reader Group, June 2009)
“When the Whistle Blows is reminiscent of classic tales by Jack London, William Golding and Robert Louis Stevenson, yet carries the remarkable, fresh voice of its author. Fran Cannon Slayton should be extremely proud of this, her debut novel.”
—Ellen Hopkins, author of Crank and Identical and National Book Award finalist
“With wit and warmth Fran Cannon Slayton recounts a steam-driven coming of age story in the last of the real railroad days.”
—Richard Peck, author of A Year Down… Continue
—Ellen Hopkins, author of Crank and Identical and National Book Award finalist
“With wit and warmth Fran Cannon Slayton recounts a steam-driven coming of age story in the last of the real railroad days.”
—Richard Peck, author of A Year Down… Continue
Posted on February 21, 2009 at 8:07pm — 1 Comment
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