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Some glad morning, I’ll fly away. Who cares if he’s "gifted." Roland Tanner wants to escape his life. He’s stuck in a broken-down trailer in the hills with his family, the sorriest characters he’s ever met. At his new middle school, his classmates only see him as a hillbilly. He has a secret crush on Patty, but so does his friend Hassan, the new kid from Iran. But then comes the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979. And Roland’s father’s health takes a turn for the worse while he’s away in jail. Will Roland accept the cloud of witnesses—the saints and sinners all around him—and realize that his…mehr

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Some glad morning, I’ll fly away. Who cares if he’s "gifted." Roland Tanner wants to escape his life. He’s stuck in a broken-down trailer in the hills with his family, the sorriest characters he’s ever met. At his new middle school, his classmates only see him as a hillbilly. He has a secret crush on Patty, but so does his friend Hassan, the new kid from Iran. But then comes the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979. And Roland’s father’s health takes a turn for the worse while he’s away in jail. Will Roland accept the cloud of witnesses—the saints and sinners all around him—and realize that his future can be whatever he makes it? Perfect for fans of Erin Entrada Kelly, Sharon Creech, Cynthia Rylant, and Firoozeh Dumas, Cloud of Witnesses is a poignant, humorous book about coming of age in the foothills of the Appalachians. "Weaving fiction and historical events together, this book made me laugh and cry. The characters jump off the page. A great read for all middle school students." — Marilee Amodt, M.S.Ed., long-time Middle School Curriculum Resource Teacher
Autorenporträt
Jane Hertenstein is a Pushcart nominee and the author of a middle-grade novel, Cloud of Witnesses and YA novel, Beyond Paradise. Her non-fiction Orphan Girl was widely reviewed and featured in the Chicago Tribune Sunday Book Section. Her work has been recognized by the New York Times. She has in her portfolio over 100 published stories both macro and micro: fiction, creative non-fiction, and blurred genre. She's an alum of Bread Loaf Writers' Conference waitstaff, Sewanee Writers' Conference, and the Amanda Davis Award, Wesleyan Writers' Conference. Jane is the recipient of multiple grants from the Illinois Arts Council and City of Chicago. Every year she rides her bike hundreds of miles and currently resides in the piney woods of Michigan. She teaches a workshop on Flash Memoir. Find out more at https://janehertenstein.substack.com/ Her life motto is to Do Everything with your One Wild and Precious Life. www.facebook.com/JaneHertensteinAuthor/ @memoirjane on Twitter janehertenstein.com