Elinormal

by Moore, Kate McCarroll

• ISBN13: 9781952536229
• ISBN10: 1952536227
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2021-10-15
• Publisher: Cross Your Fingers

Summary

“Beautifully written” - Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic gold medalist and New York Times best-selling author “Highly recommended” - Penny Warner, author of the Agatha Award-winning Code Busters Club series “The perfect book for Mother/Daughter Book Clubs!” - Liz Epstein, founder of Literary Masters Elinor Malcolm is an eleven-year-old girl whose mother has big plans for her. When Elinor is rejected as a ballet student from a prestigious ballet academy, her attorney mother threatens a lawsuit, and Elinor is granted a spot in the program – the only problem is that Elinor has no interest in ballet. After sitting out the first class, she finds an urban park to hang out at in lieu of dancing. There she meets an older girl named Indira with a seemingly magic ability to grant Elinor’s wishes.

Author Biography

Kate McCarroll Moore has a background in education. Now retired, she serves as the director of curriculum and instruction for a large school district and was honored to serve as Poet Laureate for the City of San Ramón, California for three consecutive terms (2012 – 2018). She strongly believes in the power of poetry to transform lives. Currently teaching online writing courses and serving as a book coach for a non-profit organization that connects low-income families with access to high quality books, she has studied with Naomi Shihab Nye, Tess Taylor, Georgia Heard and other poets.