I didn’t have the emotional vocabulary to express how sad I was that this is the world our children are living in.

I didn’t know what I was going to say to her. The idea first came to me to want to write a book about this subject when I was struggling to come up with how I was going to my oldest daughter about the fact her elementary school would have lockdown drills. What a book, and what a subject matter! Why did you decide to tackle school shootings in this book? Hi Jasmine! I’m over the moon to be chatting with you about The Shape of Thunder (which I read in under 48 hours). You can enter the giveaway at the end of the interview. Jasmine is giving away THREE signed copies of her book The Shape of Thunder to THREE winners. I loved this interview and I know you will too. Jasmine and I talk about why she wanted to write about school shootings, the magic of friendship, and writing about grief. It’s about two best friends, Cora and Quinn whose friendship stalls when Quinn’s brother kills Cora’s sister in a school shooting. Warga’s newest middle grade book, The Shape of Thunder is very different from her debut. The Shape of Thunder is a deeply moving story, told with exceptional grace, about friendship and loss - and how believing in impossible things can help us heal.Jasmine Warga is the acclaimed author of Other Words for Home, a Newberry Honor book.

But as they attempt to unravel the mysteries of time travel to save their siblings, they learn that the magic of their friendship may actually be the key to saving themselves. And so the two former friends begin working together to open a wormhole in the fabric of the universe. In spite of herself, Cora wants to believe. She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time to the moment before her brother changed all their lives forever - and stop him. On the day of Cora’s 12th birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did. An extraordinary new novel from Jasmine Warga, Newbery Honor-winning author of Other Words for Home, about loss and healing - and how friendship can be magical.Ĭora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year.ĭespite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief.

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