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Informationen zum Autor Karon Luddy is the author of the award-winning novel, Spelldown,The Big Time Dreams of a Small-town Word Whiz published by Simon and Schuster, which also won the Parents' Choice Silver Award. Wolf Heart, her first poetry book, was published by Clemson University Digital Press. Her second novel Bewilderment of Boys was published in May 2014. It is the sequel to Luddy's first novel Spelldown.She teaches writing intensive classes at UNC Charlotte and also leads creativity workshops and writing retreats. Her poems, stories, and essays have appeared in various publications. Klappentext Making her debut, Luddy spells out adolescence with humor and hope in this novel about a young girl from a small town who gets the chance to compete in the 1968 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Zusammenfassung Thirteen-year-old Karlene Bridges is the best speller in her family! her hometown! and maybe even all of Shirley County! South Carolina. The trouble is! every time she makes it to the final round of a spelling bee! she chokes. But when Mrs. Harrison! the new Latin teacher! offers to coach her! Karlene's spelling jinx miraculously disappears. The year 1969 is turning out to be her best ever! especially since she develops a surprising crush on her best friend! Billy Ray. But as soon as Karlene aims to compete in the National Spelling Bee in Washington! D. C.! her father's drinking begins to spell trouble. How is a girl supposed to hold her family together! savor her first kiss! and become the best speller in America before the end of eighth grade? Debut novelist Karon Luddy spells out adolescence with unwavering faith and sass in a novel about big dreams and the people who make them happen.
