Author Archive
First Hot Mess review, from Foreword
The first review of my new book “A Hot Mess” came out this week, and it’s a good one. It will appear in the November/December issue of Foreword Reviews, but I’m able to share it now. An excerpt: With a journalist’s knack for finding the human angle behind compelling issues, Fleischer begins with the Tuvalu […]
Zest Books fall preview
My publisher Zest Books (an imprint of Lerner) is promoting its featured titles for the fall, and that includes “A Hot Mess” (along with Victorya Rouse’s “Finding Refuge” and “Know Your Rights and Claim Them” by Amnesty International, Angelina Jolie, and Geraldine Van Bueren). Check it out.
Stacked Books fall 2021 YA nonfiction preview
Stacked Books says we’re entering a “golden age of YA nonfiction,” and highlights some examples in its 2021 YA nonfiction preview. It highlights several key titles for fall 2021, including my new book “A Hot Mess: How the Climate Crisis is Changing Our World.” An excerpt: I think we’re entering a real golden age for […]
A Hot Mess on NetGalley
My newest book, “A Hot Mess: How the Climate Crisis is Changing Our World,” is now available on NetGalley for reviewers. Here’s the description from the publisher: We already know what climate change is and many of us understand the human causes. But what will climate change do to our world? Who will be affected […]
Publishers Weekly releases fall list
The Fall 2021 Publishers Weekly announcement of upcoming children’s books is out now (subscription required). And my new climate-change book “A Hot Mess: How the Climate Crisis Is Changing Our World” is among the new titles highlighted. Preorders of the hardcover, paperback, and ebook are already available now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, with […]
“The Midnight Tree” in Sandstorm
My short story “The Midnight Tree,” is out today in the 2021 annual issue of Sandstorm. I have a few more coming out soon. An excerpt: I don’t know when people started calling it the midnight tree, but throughout my childhood I never heard it called anything else. It was an oak tree, one thicker […]
Nonfiction resource for teachers, libraries
My publisher, Lerner Books (of which Zest Books is an imprint) put together this useful resource for educators and librarians on Five Kinds of Nonfiction, with examples of Lerner/Zest books for each kind (including my own Votes of Confidence 2nd Edition).
