Youth Services News YA novelist available for virtual book tour

[Dekle, Deanne, DCA]

Good morning Youth Services staff! The below was sent me from a library and thought it would be a great opportunity for other libraries in the state!


Deanne Dekle
Youth Services Consultant
New Mexico State Library
505-476-9705
1-800-340-3890
deanne.dekle at state.nm.us<mailto:deanne.dekle at state.nm.us>

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Hi Deanne,

A Grant County YA author who has won the NM-AZ Book Award is releasing a new novel next month, and she is interested in doing a Zoom "tour" in libraries around the state or even beyond. Would it be ok to share to the youth services list?

She's Catalina Claussen: https://catalinaclaussenbooks.wordpress.com/<https://catalinaclaussenbooks.wordpress.com/> Her debut Diamonds at Dusk is the award winner, geared to the rural teen experience. Catalina can be reached at catalinaclaussen at gmail.com<mailto:catalinaclaussen at gmail.com> .

She also has a radio show/podcast and book called Being Home: A Southwestern Almanac, geared to adults, about rural life.

The new YA novel information is below, from her press release.

-Lillian
Silver City Public Library

Award-winning Grant County author Catalina Claussen announces the release of her third young adult novel Holding on to Hope with Progressive Rising Phoenix Press.
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The church doors swing wide just as the padre is giving his blessing. Analicia Rosario Menéndez is fifteen when her brother, Junior, is arrested in the middle of her quinceañera. Soon after, her Spanish teacher Ms. García disappears, leaving behind her five-year-old son. During a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ana's father, Dr. Menéndez, is detained.

Paralyzed against government forces as her world falls apart, Ana is tired of feeling powerless. Living in a small town along the southern border of New Mexico, someone has to know something, don't they? Ana, desperate to find the truth, reaches out to those around her. Will her friends, Rose and Imani, help, or will they turn their backs?

This book explores the complex realities facing families and community members living under constant deportation threats.

Catalina Claussen is a southwestern storyteller, young adult novelist, and poet whose works include young adult novels Diamonds at Dusk (2016), Diamonds at Dawn (2018), Holding on to Hope (2020), and the humorous short story collection Being Home: A Southwestern Almanac (2020). Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and now a long-time resident of the Mimbres Valley, Claussen has gained a deep appreciation of the people and the land. Her work has been recognized by the Arizona-New Mexico Book Awards, Wishing Shelf Book Awards (in the UK), and the New Apple Book Awards for Independent Publishing.
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She will be at Maker’s Market 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the Silver City Main Street Plaza on October 17, 24, and 31 to sign and sell copies of her young adult novels, her short story collection, and offer the chance to pre-order a signed copy of Holding on to Hope.

Visit Catalina on the web at www.catalinaclaussenbooks.wordpress.com<http://www.catalinaclaussenbooks.wordpress.com>. Follow Catalina on Instagram @catalinaclaussen or on Facebook.
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