WHEN LIGHTNIN’ STRUCK is a terrific historical novel about two unlikely friends in Odessa, Texas. I have known Betsy for many years, and it’s always a special treat to celebrate a friend’s new book. Rosenthal about her middle-grade novel WHEN LIGHTNIN’ STRUCK ( Kar-Ben, 2022). BooklistĪfghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ireland, Jamaica, Jersey, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Republic of Cuba, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S.I’m excited to share my interview with Betsy R. School Library Journal The overall tone is one of solidarity in spite of difficulties. Rosenthal, you can visit her at REVIEWS: Rosenthal's spare writing superbly captures the emotional growth of a girl on the cusp of adolescence, despite its specific historical context. Rosenthal has also had many essays published in national and local newspapers and magazines. She is the author of three picture books: My House Is Singing, It's Not Worth Making a Tzimmes Over!, and Which Shoes Would You Choose? Looking for Me is her first novel.
She left that career behind to raise her three children and concentrate on her writing. AGES: 9 to 12 AUTHOR: Before she began writing children's books, Betsy Rosenthal was a lawyer for a national civil rights agency. Full of joy, pain, humor, and sadness, this novel in verse is an enduring portrait of one family's pursuit of the American dream.
When a kind teacher encourages Edith to be a teacher herself one day, Edith sees prospects for a future all her own.
Between working at her father's diner, taking care of her younger siblings, and living in the shadow of her more mature sisters, she feels lost in a sea of siblings.
One of twelve siblings growing up in Depression-era Baltimore, Edith isn't quite sure of who she is.
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