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Choke Creek is a powerful work, one which is moving emotionally, devastatingly so in places, and filled with fascinating characters.

--Gerald Duff, author of Coasters and Memphis Ribs

 

Set in the vivid, clear light of the West, Choke Creek tells the story of two families who trace their roots to the Indian Wars.  Fifteen-year-old Evie Glauber is descended from the newspaperman who reported on the famous Battle of Choke Creek, while Eason Swale, the boy she loves, is the great-grandson of a cavalryman who fought in it.  Eason enlists in the Army and goes to Vietnam, but when he comes back a deserter, everything Evie believes in is thrown into question--including the truth about what really happened on the banks of Choke Creek.

  

Choke Creek is not just the story of Evie's coming of age; Small makes us think about America's coming of age, too. 

--Leslie Goetsch, author of Back Creek.

 

Contact:

  • Lauren Small
  • 8419 Stevenson Road
  • Baltimore, MD 21208
  • 410-608-5841
  • lcsmall@comcast.net

A proud supporter of the Sand Creek Massacre Healing Spiritual Run

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What's New

 
Poster Session

 A New Approach to Teaching U.S. History, with Rebecca Hanson, Gail Rauch-Tilstra, and Lauren Small at NCSS, Denver, Nov 2010.

 
Reading, Writing, and Social Change

 A YA Author Collaborates with Secondary English Teachers.  Read more. . .

 
Presentation on Historical Fiction

 Thanks to everyone for a wonderful conference at the Colorado Language Arts Society, Englewood, CO, March 6th.

 
New Review

 Check out the new review of Choke Creek at Lindsey's Library.

 
Honey I Blew Up the Curriculum

 Rebecca Hanson and Gail Rauch-Tilstra present with Lauren at AIMS November 1, Baltimore, MD on the uses of Choke Creek for teaching American History.

 
Literature and Social Justice

 Join Lauren for a panel discussion with Dana Maloney and Terry Moore at NCTE, Orlando, November 18-21.

 

 

Choke Creek

Included in  "New Titles to Engage Adolescent Readers"  

in the Colorado Reading Council Journal 

Spring 2009

 

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