February 11, 2009

Meeting Lizzy Takes the Prize at ALA Midwinter Gathering:

Meeting Lizzy awarded the Bronze for the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards Young Adult Category

 

Meeting Lizzy, a recent Young Adult (YA) release from LJW Publishing, is officially award winning. More specifically, the title is a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award winner. Finalists were announced Friday, October 24^th, 2008. The official Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Program commenced during the recent American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Gathering in Denver, Colorado January 23-26, 2009 where Meeting Lizzy and many other books from a variety of children’s book categories were recognized as one of the year’s best children’s books encouraging and supporting childhood literacy and life-long reading.

 

 The Book: Meeting Lizzy

Publisher:                              LJW Publishing

Distributor:                            Atlas Books

Author:                                  SarahBeth Carter

ISBN 13:                               978-0-9761986-6-6

Publication Date:                 September 19, 2008

Book Details:                       paperback, perfect binding, 232 pages, $9.95

Book Category:                   Fiction/Young Adult, Contemporary

 

This recent YA release offers teens the chance to approach a dangerous and difficult situation from a safe position; an opportunity offered by many YA novels. Females ages 16-24 are more vulnerable to intimate partner violence than any other age group; at a rate almost triple the national average (US Dept. of Justice). Approximately 1 in 5 female high school students report being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner (The Journal of AMA). Yet 81% of parents believe that teen dating violence isn’t an issue (according to surveys collected by the Family Violence Prevention Fund and Advocates for Youth). The upcoming release, Meeting Lizzy, deals with teen dating violence in a way that teens can digest; while offering them addictive characters and a haunting story that will keep them reading.

 

 Annotation:  Meeting Lizzy

Lizzy slams into Cy’s life with the menacing shadow of “Beef Man” right behind her and Cy’s priorities fall apart to make room for a secret so big and so wrong that he can’t think of anything else.

 

The Author: SarahBeth Carter

SarahBeth graduated from ASU with an English Literature degree (preceded by a slew of majors that she thoroughly enjoyed experimenting with). When asked why she wrote a book based upon teen dating violence she said, “It wasn’t really premeditated. The characters seemed to pop up and then the story followed naturally. But it’s something that teens are affected by more than most of us realize. YA Lit gives them the chance to become aware of a dangerous issue prior to dealing with it on a personal level.”

 

 The Publisher: LJW Publishing

LJW Publishing’s main offices are located in Mesa, Arizona just outside of Phoenix. As their first foray outside of business related publications, Meeting Lizzy, is surpassing their expectations.

 

 For More Information:

For more information on the book, the author, or the publishing company email ljwpublishing@gmail.com or visit LJW online at www.larryjohnwrightpublishing.com.