The Many Sides of Sophia
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One True Desire and four problems.”
Since last week over at Kirkus, I chatted with Jim Averbeck and Yasmeen Ismail about One Word from Sophia, coming to shelves in mid-June from Atheneum Books for Young Readers (that Q&A is here), I’ve got some art and early sketches from Yasmeen today.
I thank her for sharing.
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showing how much money she would make.”
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until it was just one word.”
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ONE WORD FROM SOPHIA. Copyright © 2015 by Jim Averbeck. Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Yasmeen Ismail. Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York. Images here reproduced by permission of Yasmeen Ismail.
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