As seventh grade gets off to a rocky start, Elinor is balancing friendships, old and new, while also unraveling the secrets behind her mother's mysterious past.
Kate McCarroll Moore has a background in education. She served 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 Ramon, California for three consecutive terms. 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. Her middle grade novel, Elinormal, is slated for October, 2021 release and the sequel, New Girl: The Further Adventures of Elinormal will release in Spring 2022. Her poetry chapbook, Avians of Mourning, was published in 2020 and a full poetry collection is scheduled to release in early 2022.
