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Andrea L. Rogers

Autor(a) de Man-Made Monsters: Man Made Monsters

2+ Works 195 Membros 4 Reviews

About the Author

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Obras de Andrea L. Rogers

Associated Works

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology (2023) — Contribuinte — 323 cópias
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids (2021) — Contribuinte — 299 cópias
You Too? 25 Voices Share Their #MeToo Stories (2020) — Contribuinte — 41 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
Cherokee Nation
País (para mapa)
USA
Locais de residência
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Educação
Institute for American Indian Arts (MFA)
Ocupação
teacher
Pequena biografia
Andrea L. Rogers is an award-winning author of historical and contemporary fiction across a variety of genres. Her work includes essays, picture books, young adult novels, middle grade stories and one comic. So far. Her first book, Mary and the Trail of Tears is historical fiction, which is pretty much horror for Native people. It was on both the NPR & American Indians in Children's Literature best of 2020 lists.
Her critically acclaimed Young Adult Horror Novel, Man Made Monsters, was released by Levine Querido in October 2022. It includes illustrations by Jeff Edwards (Cherokee). The novel received the Walter Award and several other accolades. Her next YA novel is a Cherokee Futurism called The Art Thieves out September 2024.
Her debut picture book about Southeastern tribes and wild onion dinners (the opposite of horror) is called When We Gather and will be illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw) will be out in May 2024. A second picture book, Chooch Helped, will also be out in October 2024 and will be illustrated by Rebecca Kunz (Cherokee).

Andrea is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She currently attends The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville where she is a doctoral student in English. Andrea graduated with an MFA from the Institute for American Indian Arts. She taught Art and HS English in public schools for 14 years. She has three wonderful children.

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Every tale is creepy from the beginning to end. They draw you in. Beautifully illustrated.
 
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caanderson | Oct 27, 2023 |
Mary and the Trail of Tears does a good job of centering the protagonist for young readers, and relaying some very harsh historical facts in ways that don't shy away from the truth but are still digestible for 3rd graders. Rogers is a member of the Cherokee Nation, so I favor this book in bringing history to life, and would recommend to readers old enough to read the material (probably 3rd-grade and up), and as a quick history lesson for anyone. It presents a day-in-the-life to open the book, and discusses several parts of the history that probably don't make it to the textbook for one reason or another.
The language is very straightforward, probably the biggest giveaway that this is intended for children, and it isn't written to make the reaader upset, but doesn't try to hide the facts of the situation either.
I could have used more internal drama in the protagonist as she processes the upending of her world and deaths of loved ones, but overall a very good and informative read. I would definitely use this to teach history as well.
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MIsaacson | outras 2 resenhas | Jul 21, 2023 |
This is a totally solid book, which covers the intense and slow horror of one girl experiencing the Cherokee removal. I'd say the main difference between this and Tim Tingle's How I Became a Ghost is that Tingle manages to keep moments of humor that act as a foil for tragedy. Rogers doesn't lighten things for her readers, but presents an all-too-believable story of a family struggling to survive the bewildering and extremely cruel circumstances. Well written. Bleak.
 
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jennybeast | outras 2 resenhas | Apr 14, 2022 |

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Obras
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Membros
195
Popularidade
#112,377
Avaliação
4.1
Resenhas
4
ISBNs
13
Idiomas
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