Far From You By Lisa Schroeder Pdf Writer
Some nice teachers and librarians read it a bit early and here's what they have to say:'I loved how a contemporary issue like immigration is weaved into a story that kids can relate to. They might not know anyone who faces the same fears, but they understand families, friendships, and the challenges of navigating life as an adolescent.' - Kelly Tate, Teacher, Laurens-Marathon CSD' Wish On All The Stars is a heartwarming story of three girls trying to make their world a better place. The girls are trying to save their local bookmobile while dealing with divorce, immigration, deportation and other family issues. I can’t wait to share Wish On All The Stars with my students in the fall!'
- Aimee Bartis, Director of Library Services, Sunnyvale ISD'Wish on All the Stars is a must read for preteen readers. Juliet, Emma, and Carmen are perfect examples of how friends can follow their hearts to make a difference in others’ lives and their community. These friends will tug at your heart strings and make you believe that with kindness, generosity, and perseverance you can make a lasting impact.' - Deaneen Pashea, Teacher, East Noble School District'This book is a great reminder to show students that they are never too young to start changing the world! The girls tackle the task of saving their local bookmobile as they struggle with other issues at home.” - Deana Sain, Library Media Specialist, Bolivar Middle School.If it's not at your nearest bookstore, it'd be wonderful if you'd request that they order it.
It'd help me out a lot. You can also ask that your library order a copy. It wasn't reviewed in many publications this time, so libraries may not even be aware it's available, sadly. So if you have a library card and logon to your library system now and then, you can check and see if there's an online purchase form you can fill out.Okay, back to work on the new book that hasn't been announced yet. And if you read Wish on All the Stars, thank you!! I really hope you enjoy it.Lisa. Friends, meet Alfie, or say hello again if you've seen him on some of my social media sites.
He's a little over six months old and a ton of fun, except for the occasional messes in the house because getting used to a new family, new routine, etc. Isn't exactly easy. But besides that, he's doing amazingly well. I thought he might be sad for a while from missing his old home and family who had to re-home him, but he just settled right in.
I can hardly believe how relatively easy it's been.The best part of it all is that I had hoped he and our cat, Luna, would become friends and play together and wow, do they! They love chasing each other around the house and through the garage. Hello!Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We stayed home this year, had a few family members over, and then my husband and I went to the movies later in the day. I've been working a lot and it's been nice to catch up on some things, including rest, these past few days.I haven't shared here that our 15-year-old dog Stormy passed away the end of September. It's been a hard couple of months. We still miss her every day and I suppose that's just the way it's going to be for a while.She was such a good girl.
I wrote this book during one of the most difficult times in my personal life, after my husband injured his back and was in terrible pain for months. The title is appropriate, as I was doing a lot of wishing on stars during this time, let me tell you. I also wrote it as my heart ached over the inhumane policy of detaining innocent children without their parents.
At its core, it is a book about what it means to be an ally - to stand up and take on someone's struggle as their own and try to affect change for that person and others like them. Does Juliet make mistakes in her attempts to do the right thing? Yes, because no one is perfect. But she tries & learns. And my hope is that children will read it and learn as well. This will be my first middle-grade novel picked up for audio - exciting!If you haven't read Juliet's story yet or shared it with a young person in your life, I hope you will.
I'm proud of both of these books, but they need a little help getting noticed.Thanks, as always, for reading! This is something I wrote back in February, mostly because I just needed to 'write it out.' That's what writers do often times when things are hard. I submitted it to the NYT for the 'Modern Love' column, but it was recently rejected. I knew it was a long shot since they get many, MANY submissions.So, with that out of the way, and with my husband's permission, I've decided to post it here on my personal web site.
In a few weeks, I'll post an update as to how things are going with him. Thanks for reading! Now,life is filled with work and deadlines, chores and errands, and appointments.Doctor appointments, physical therapy appointments, swimming appointments.Almost two months ago, Scott twisted through a doorway while carrying a ladderat work and in doing so, herniated a disc in his spine. Due to the pain in hisright leg caused by fluid hitting the sciatic nerve, he cannot sit down. Hecan’t drive. He can stand and walk slowly, with a cane, or he can lie on a campingcot that has now become a permanent fixture in our family room. The man who hasbeen my rock for almost thirty years can’t even put on his own socks.
Buttoday, as I thought about my long to-do list, about the errands that need to bedone and the therapy Scott wants to do, I wondered, what about me? Where docaregivers get their emotional care and support? How do people do this, day inand day out, along with making sure all of the other things in life get done?Things like grocery shopping, meal preparation, house cleaning, carmaintenance, bills and paperwork, taxes, etc. My mantra has become, “One day ata time.” I can’t look too far ahead or I get overwhelmed and worried.
Onepartner is ordered to go to various appointments, do daily exercises, managethe pain as best they can, and rest. The other partner must somehow figure outhow to do the work of two people, indefinitely. Lastsummer, our beloved dog, Stormy, a fourteen-year-old Lhasa Poo, had an eyerupture. She’d had an age-related ulcer that we had decided to treat with dailydrops rather than expensive surgery. The vet said there was a small chance itmight rupture someday, and told me what to look for. When it happened, I couldsee Stormy was in excruciating pain, and I screamed for my husband. He camerunning and while I was a blubbery mess, Scott was the picture of calm.
He toldme it would be okay as he picked up our dog and instructed me to get my purse andkeys. Tears fell while I drove. What did this mean for our beloved pet? Scott somehowmanaged to whisper reassurances to me while also calling the vet’s office to alertthem we were on our way.
A little while later, we made the difficult decisionto have the eye removed. After the surgery, because our vet’s office wasclosing for the night, we had to take her to a 24-hour vet hospital formonitoring. With her puffy, swollen head and lots of stitches, I was almostafraid to touch her. But Scott tenderly cuddled our sleepy dog on his chest,wrapped in a blanket like a baby, while we waited for her to be admitted. Thisman is one of the kindest and most generous people I’ve ever met. I’ve lostcount of how many times he’s helped random strangers over the years. There wasthe time he gave twenty bucks to the struggling mother outside a grocery store.Or the time he acted as a tour guide on and off for an entire week to twoItalian men he met and who clearly needed some navigational assistance.
(They sentus Italian wine to show their appreciation). I think my favorite, though, is thetime he brought two hitchhiking monks home and made them peanut butter andjelly sandwiches. Hope.Every day, I must find a thread of it and hold onto it with everything I have.Some days I find it and pass it to him. Some days he finds it and gives it tome. Every day, we hold on together. I’m not sure how we do that, exactly, justthat we do. Maybe it’s some kind of magic sprinkled on a couple when they’vemanaged to stay married for almost thirty years.
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Or maybe, it’s knowing deep inyour heart that this is what you signed up for – in sickness and in health –and the only way through is together. So, it's here!My message in a bottle book.My help other people to help yourself forget about your own problems for a little while book.My divorce sucks but friends really help book.My I love Vincent van Gogh book.So many pieces of myself are in SEE YOU ON A STARRY NIGHT. After my husband read it, he said, this is such a Lisa book.And that it is.It's not a big splashy title with publisher support, so the problem is not many people even know about it.
The cover is kind of bland, sadly. So any help you can give it would be SO appreciated. If you don't have a child who might like to read it, you can buy it and donate it to a school library or a little library in your neighborhood or even a women and children's shelter.
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It would be a great book for that. Another easy thing you can do is put a request in at your local library and ask them to order it.
Whatever you are able to do - THANK YOU!!Here are links to make it easy to buy online if that's your jam.Here's our new kitten, Luna, checking it out!