Talking with Laura Amy Schlitz

Newbery medalist Schlitz takes readers back to ancient Greece in her latest historical novel and discusses its many structural elements and how she lets fate guide her writing.

Maggie Reagan

BOOKS AND AUTHORS Grades 5 to 8 Talking with Laura Amy Schlitz Newbery medalist Schlitz takes readers back to ancient Greece in her latest historical novel and discusses its many structural elements and how she lets fate guide her writing. By Maggie Reagan The Greek gods have long been a staple in middle-grade literature, their recent popularity due in no small part to Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and its spin-offs. In Amber and Clay, her newest Herculean endeavor, Newbery medalist Laura Amy Schlitz (Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! 2007) transports readers to ancient Greece, crafting an epic tale that encompasses not just the gods but historical figures, Greek art and literary tradition, and illustrations of artifacts, layered into the text like museum exhibits. At the heart of…

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