{"id":17903,"date":"2013-02-14T00:04:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T04:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=17903"},"modified":"2013-02-14T00:26:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T04:26:19","slug":"stand-out-authors-elizabeth-wein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=17903","title":{"rendered":"Stand-out Authors: Elizabeth Wein"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’m doing a series featuring those authors with 2012 Sonderbooks Stand-outs<\/a> who have had Sonderbooks Stand-outs before. In other words, my Favorite Authors.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Four authors on this year’s list have had a total of 5 Sonderbooks Stand-outs. I’ll begin with the one who wrote my favorite book of 2012, Elizabeth Wein, author of Code Name Verity<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I discovered Elizabeth Wein ten years ago in 2003. In my 2003 Sonderbooks Stand-outs<\/a>, her book A Coalition of Lions<\/a><\/em>, was #1 in Children’s and Young Adult Historical Fiction. Like Code Name Verity<\/em>, A Coalition of Lions<\/em> is historical fiction, but it is set in ancient Aksum (Ethiopia) and features the daughter of King Arthur. Technically, this was part of a series, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading it first.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But that meant I had to read her others. The next two books, coming before and after A Coalition of Lions<\/em> were my only two Young Adult Historical Fiction books listed on my 2004 Sonderbooks Stand-outs<\/a>. I rated the book that follows, The Sunbird<\/a><\/em>, at #1, and the book that came before, The Winter Prince<\/a><\/em>, at #2.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In my 2007 Sonderbooks Stand-outs<\/a>, I included her next story about Telemakos, The Lion Hunter<\/em>. It was #3 in Historical Fiction for Teens, but that was the year when I didn’t get all of my Stand-outs reviewed. In fact, the sequel to The Lion Hunter<\/em>, The Empty Kingdom<\/a><\/em> was the only book of hers I’ve read that didn’t make that year’s Stand-outs. And this year she certainly is back among my favorites.<\/p>\n

I want to highlight here that Code Name Verity<\/em> was no aberration. I was happy to hear lots of people discussing one of my favorite authors this year! If you haven’t read her Aksum novels, I highly recommend going back and rectifying that situation!<\/p>\n

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