All Rookie Readers actively engage young readers, encouraging language development, building fluency, and promoting independent reading. By targeting a skill, like learning about opposites, young readers are building fundamental reading skills with the help of fun, lively, colorfully illustrated stories.
Mary E. Pearson is the author of several award winning books for teens, including The Miles Between, The Adoration of Jenna Fox, and A Room on Lorelei Street. She is a native Southern Californian and writes full time from her home in Carlsbad, California where she lives with her family.
Her awards and honors include the Golden Kite Award, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, the Andre Norton Honor, and The South Carolina Young Adult Book Award..
Her newest novel, The Fox Inheritance, is the second book of The Jenna Fox Chronicles. Her website, www.marypearson.com has more information about Mary and her books.
