The Scoop

It's not easy being a writer.

It's hard work. You have to show up even when you'd rather stay in the bed asleep. Even when you have to give a speech and you're so nervous you're shaking inside. Even when ideas for new characters or new books are difficult to come up with.

Why do I stay at it?

Because writing is my gift, my calling, my contribution to the world. Not that I discovered this simply by writing novels. Educators brought it to my attention. Parents and librarians gave me examples of the power and scope of my work. Young people too. I hated books, before I ran into yours, they say. I thought I wasn't pretty. I thought I wasn't smart. I'm a teacher because of you. I'm a writer because of you. My student is alive because of you.

I could never have imagined this journey. But I'm glad I got to make it.

 
 

xo,
Sharon

 
 
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Starred Review from Horn Book June 2023

In sparkling free verse, Flake delivers a rich and compassionate story of family love centered on forgiveness….An evocative, immediate novel with compelling characters and a wonderfully well-paced plot. PAULETTA BROWN BRACY, Horn Book June 2023

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James Henry blames himself for his mother’s accident, and refuses to leave the house. So, he spends hours on the roof top building spaceships and dreaming of flights to outer space. Staying home, he believes, will help him ward off further trouble. To find his courage again, his twin sister Hattie says he must return to where his troubles began to the lighthouse and under a blue moon.

His first steps out of the house turn into an adventurous odyssey under the luminous guidance of a mystical blue moon that Grand calls a “wishing moon.” “What you want for, wish for / or need / on that day is yours / according to her.”

Pauletta Brown Bracy

 
 
 

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about me

 

I’m
Sharon G. Flake

I am so much like many of my readers. I grew up insecure; not very confident. Yet here I am, one of the top authors for young people in the world.

I write about everyday, average teens who are loved and cheered on by readers on six continents. My characters fall down, get up and learn life lessons that help readers believe they too can achieve anything; make it through any storm. Quirky. Honest. Open.. Vulnerable. My characters get young people of all backgrounds reading as never before.