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Maple Ridge ES wild about Wild Ride

A few weeks ago, I got an email from a teacher telling me that his Grade 6 class had just finished reading Wild Ride. They had each written a letter to me about the book and would I mind if he mailed them to me? Being the egotistical writer that I am, I was totally into it.

This post is my letter back to the students in Mr. Sales’ class at Maple Ridge Elementary School. (But you can read too.)

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Hey Maple Ridge Readers!

When Mr. Sales first asked me about reading your letters about Wild Ride I was like: “Definitely!”

Then I thought, “Wait a minute! He said they wrote about the book. He didn’t say they wrote nice things about the book.”

What if all your letters told me how terrible the book was? What would my inflated ego do then?

With these serious matters weighing on my mind, I checked my mailbox each day until these arrived:

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Your letters! And they didn’t just arrive in one day. They came and came and came over three days. Each time I checked my mailbox there was another batch.

Over the next week, I read them all and I breathed a huge sigh of relief. The verdict? You liked Wild Ride.

Whew.

And you had questions. Lots of them. Which is fantastic. Asking questions of the author is the most important thing a reader can do. I won’t be able to answer all the questions here, but I’ll try and tackle the ones you asked the most.

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The last Graphic Guide Adventure – Power Play!

Power Play a Graphic Guide Adventure

Its the last in the series and its done! It will be hitting the shelves this April.

Devin and Nadia team up with Bounce, Pema and Marcus as they all travel to Northern Ontario to watch their parents present to the Summit of World Leaders. A swarm of politicians, lobbyists, corporate bosses and protestors have all converged on the summit to get their messages heard. A tragic accident just hours before their parents’ presentation plunges the kids into their biggest mystery yet and sets them on the trail of a murderer bent on stopping their parents’ controversial message from being heard.

It’s a fight against the planet’s power players as the kids dive into the world of politics, uncovering how government works, the history of democracy, the influence of lobbyists and corporations on politicians and the potential of civil society to change it all.

Food Fight nominated Joe Shuster Award!

Food fight has been nominated for the 2011 Joe Shuster Award in Best Comic for Kids category. The Joe Shuster Awards are Canada’s first national award recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation of comic books. They are named after pioneering Toronto-born artist Joe Shuster who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, created the iconic super-powered hero, Superman.

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Food Fight Website!

Food Fight Websitewww.food-fight.net has launched! Check out the brand new website dedicated to the new Graphic Guide Adventure: Food Fight. The website features games, resources, free wallpapers and avatars and more. Keep posted for more info on Food Fight which will hit the shelf’s in a matter of weeks.

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