Ebook {Epub PDF} Cursed by Karol Ruth Silverstein

Info on Karol Ruth Silverstein, her books, contact info and more Karol Ruth Silverstein Author. karol@www.doorway.ru HOME. ABOUT. BOOKS. Book Drive; CURSED card game; CONTACT. More. __ BookBrushImage Headshot(Sonyes)large. __  · The author of Cursed should know. Silverstein, who was raised in Northwest Philadelphia and decamped to Los Angeles in to attend the American Film Institute, was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at 13; as an adult, she has undergone numerous surgeries, uses crutches, and offers a frank response to children who stare at her twisted fingers: “Are you wondering what .  · Cursed — A Conversation with Karol Ruth Silverstein. by Catherine Ritchie on J. Since , ALA’s Schneider Family Book Award has honored an author or illustrator for a title that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. In , the “teen” category prize went to screenwriter and first-time novelist Karol Ruth Silverstein’s .

Cursed. By Karol Ruth Silverstein. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, J. pages, hardcover; $ Click here. Sign up for our newsletter All of the week's new articles, all in one place. Sign up for the free weekly BSR newsletters, and don't miss a conversation. Cursed. Reviewed by: mstevens. Debut author and screenwriter Karol Ruth Silverstein pens an empowering and emotionally-charged novel about a teen with juvenile arthritis, based on her own experienc as a thirteen-year-old with a chronic illness. Ricky Bloom has been bombarded with too many changes in her life - her sister's move away to. By Karol Ruth Silverstein. I'm not like them. I hurt, and they don't. I'm weird, and they're not. Fourteen-year-old Ricky Bloom is pretty pissed off. Her body hurts constantly (thanks, chronic illness), her family's a mess (thanks, Disaster-Formerly-Known-As-My-Parents), ninth grade is a nightmare (thanks, Glorious Grant Middle School), and her crush is completely clueless.

Karol Ruth Silverstein attended the American Film Institute and works as a writer and screenwriter in LA. Cursed is her debut novel. A hugely impressive contemporary own voices YA book, Cursed by Karol Ruth Silverstein is an empowering and emotional read that will speak to people of all ages. Erika, better known as Ricky, is 14 and trying to come to terms with her parent's divorce, but even worse that that she is coming to terms with a diagnosis that will impact every day of her life. Silverstein, who was diagnosed with arthritis as a teen, excels at evoking the physical and emotional pain Ricky endures without having Ricky’s condition define her. She emerges as a likable.