From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell comes Scattered Showers: Stories. Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true. In her first short story collection, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories. Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. Best friends debate the merits of high school dances. A prince romances a troll. A girl romances an imaginary boy. And Simon Snow himself returns for a holiday adventure. It’s a feast of irresistible characters, hilarious dialogue, and masterful storytelling – in short, everything you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell book. Moderated by author Jeff Zentner. Grades 9-12
Rainbow Rowell on Scattered Showers: Stories: Young Adult Fiction
Rainbow Rowell on Scattered Showers: Stories: Young Adult Fiction
Zentner, Jeff
Jeff Zentner is the author of New York Times Notable Books The Serpent King and In the Wild Light, as well as Goodbye Days and Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee. Among other honors, he has won the ALA’s William C. Morris Award, the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award – twice – the Muriel Becker Award, and the International Literacy Association Award, and was longlisted twice for the Carnegie Medal. He is a two-time Southern Book Prize finalist and was a finalist for the Indies Choice Award. He was selected as a Publishers Weekly Flying Start and an Indies Introduce pick. His books have been translated into 15 languages. Before becoming a writer, he was a musician who recorded with Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, and Debbie Harry. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Rowell, Rainbow
Rainbow Rowell is the bestselling author of the YA fiction books Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, and the Simon Snow trilogy, and the adult books Attachments and Landline. Rowell has won her fans by writing about love and life in a way that feels true. In Scattered Showers: Stories (Wednesday Books), her first short story collection, Rowell presents nine beautifully crafted love stories. Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. Best friends debate the merits of high school dances. A prince romances a troll. A girl romances an imaginary boy. And Simon Snow himself returns for a holiday adventure.
