{"id":16,"date":"2024-02-02T09:53:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monicaroeauthor.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2024-04-24T11:53:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:53:50","slug":"rural-voices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monicaroeauthor.com\/books\/rural-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Think you know what rural America is like?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\"Rural\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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For most of America\u2019s history, rural people and culture have been casually mocked, stereotyped, and, in general, deeply misunderstood. Now an array of short stories, poetry, graphic short stories, and personal essays, along with anecdotes from the authors\u2019 real lives, dives deep into the complexity and diversity of rural America and the people who call it home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teacher’s Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n\"JLG\n\n\n\n

A Junior Library Guild
Gold Standard Selection<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Nautilus\"\/\n\n\n\n

Nautilus Gold Award
& Nautilus Special Honors
as Best of Mid-Grade\/YA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Texas\n\n\n\n

Texas Library Association
TAYSHAS selection<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n\"NPR\n\n\n\n

NPR Best Book of 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n\"YALSA\"\/\n\n\n\n

YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2022 Selection<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Bankstreet\"\/\n\n\n\n

A Bank Street Best Book of the Year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2021-2022 Whippoorwill Book Award<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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“Providing an impactful opening is Monica M. Roe\u2019s “The Unhealthy Breakfast Club,\u201d highlighting the unlikely friendship among four scholarship students from below the poverty line at an elite school in South Carolina.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Weekly<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Country\n\n\n\n
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“a too-short story with a voice so good it’ll leave you wishing for a full-length novel.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country Living Front Porch Book Club
Country Living Magazine Front Porch Book Club Pick<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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\n\"Cynthia\n\n\n\n
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“…a layered, compelling collection that helps close the distances between us all”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of HeCulture Unbroken<\/em>, for NPR
An NPR Best Book of 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Kirkus\n\n\n\n
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“A fresh and highly accessible contribution”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirkus Reviews<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“Particularly rich storytelling”\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n\"School\n\n\n\n
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“From upstate New York to the middle of Alaska, these stories span geographic as well as emotional landscapes.\u200b”\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

School Library Journal\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n\"School\n\n\n\n
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“a must-purchase for libraries serving middle and high school readers”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

School Library Connection<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Rural Voices in the media<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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November 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest Post: Nora Shalaway Carpenter & Challenging the Rural Stereotype<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Posted at Cynsations<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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October 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rural Voices Tour \u2013 Review, Guest Post, & Giveaway<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Posted at YA It’s Lit<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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September 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monica Roe on \u2018The Unhealthy Breakfast Club\u2019 and Why Your Stories Have Value<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Posted at Conspiracy of Ravens: a Raven Quill Literary Agency blog<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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