(Kenny Williams wants out of Comfort, Texas-away from his ...)
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(Seventeen-year-old Dylan Dawson is trying to pull his lif...)
Seventeen-year-old Dylan Dawson is trying to pull his life together after his release from juvenile hall. But going straight isn’t easy, and Dylan just can’t seem to keep out of trouble. His problems escalate fast, and soon he has no choice but to hit the road, even though it means leaving behind the girl of his dreams. He heads south for Texas, on the run and in search of his father. (Dylan has no idea how his life became such a mess, but he knows that his dad is at the root of it.) When Dylan finds him, he certainly gets answers - but they’re answers to questions he wishes he’d never asked.
(From the author of Take Me There, a fast-paced novel in v...)
From the author of Take Me There, a fast-paced novel in verse about a girl caught between life and death - and the boy who will do anything to save her. Ally is devastated when a scandalous photo of her is texted around school. With her reputation in shambles and her life essentially over, she hides out in a back hallway, trying to figure out where everything went wrong. Elijah has spent time in that hallway too. He landed there after taking a whole bottle of sleeping pills. Now he can see ghosts, and he knows what Ally has yet to suspect - that she's already half dead, and one choice away from never coming back. Elijah has loved Ally for years and would do anything to save her from the in-between place. But if she's going to live, Ally must face her inner demons and find the will to save herself.
Carolee Dean is an American author and language pathologist. She is the author of Forget Me Not, Take Me There, and Comfort.
Background
Carolee Dean was born on April 7, 1962, in Bellflower, California, United States. She is the daughter of Darryl and Sherry (Carroll) Jochens. At the age of 15, she moved with her family to Lubbock, Texas where her father attended preaching school.
Education
Carolee holds a Bachelor of Music Therapy (1985) from West Texas State University and a Master of Science (1996) from the University of New Mexico.
Carolee Dean has spent over a decade working in the public schools and has also worked with teens in a psychiatric hospital and a head trauma rehabilitation unit. Dean has provided numerous trainings at state and national conferences for therapists, teachers, librarians, and educational assistants.
Dean has made numerous appearances as a guest poet/author at schools, libraries, and poetry events.
Dean currently serves as the Vice President of the Southwest Branch of the International Dyslexia Association.
Her writings include Comfort (2002), about a young boy dealing with the struggles of an abusive mother, poverty, an alcoholic father, and the inner turmoil that creates; Take Me There (2010), about a boy, Dylan Dawson, who flees from Southern California (running from the law and a violent gang) to go looking for his father who is in prison in Texas; Forget Me Not (2012), a fast-paced novel in verse about a girl caught between life and death - and the boy who will do anything to save her.
(Seventeen-year-old Dylan Dawson is trying to pull his lif...)
2010
Religion
Carolee is a member of the Episcopalian church.
Politics
Dean is a Republican.
Membership
Dean is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and International Dyslexia Association.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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United States
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
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United States
International Dyslexia Association
Interests
Classical guitar, hiking, movies
Sport & Clubs
swimming
Connections
Carolee married Thomas Leigh Dean on January 5, 1985. The couple has three children: Kristen, Jon, Tommye Leigh.