WTNH's "Good Morning Connecticut" featured the YA novel,
Fakie,
in a piece on inspirational books for young readers. The segment originally aired Saturday, January 23rd, and
is now available online.Want to connect with
Fakie's author,
Tony Varrato? You can catch him at the
2010 Teen Author
Carnival in New York City on May 24th at the Jefferson Market
Branch Library. He will also appear at the
Norfolk Public Library's
16th Annual Literature Festival on Saturday, July 31st, in Omaha,
Nebraska, in conjunction with the state's Children's Choice Literary
Award, the Golden Sower.
Fakie is currently on the Golden
Sower shortlist for 2010-2011.
Fakie was published by Lobster Press in the spring of
2008. This action-packed novel about a teen in the witness protection
program was selected for the 2009 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young
Adult
Readers list, was selected by
the Nova Scotia Department of Education for their Literacy Success
Infusion program, and has been praised by Booklist, Library Media
Connection, and
teensreadtoo.
