Maria, raised in the Mafia and educated by the gangs of New York, is hunting the man who killed her Akalina, and she will kill anyone who gets in her way.
Ignite curiosity in your children through reading!
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Multi award-winning children’s author, Donna McDine’s creative side laid dormant for many years until her desire to write sparked in 2007. With four early reader children’s picture books to her credit, Dee and Deb Off They Go ~ Kindergarten First Day Jitters (December 2015) A Sandy Grave (January 2014), Powder Monkey (May 2013), Hockey Agony (January 2013) and The Golden Pathway (August 2010) her adventures continue as she ignites the curiosity of children through reading. She writes and moms from her home in the historical hamlet Tappan, NY. McDine is a member of the SCBWI.
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Accomplishments
Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 2016 Honorable Mention and Story Monster Approved ~ Dee and Deb Off They Go, Kindergarten First Day Jitters
Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 2015 1st Place Picture Books Historical Fiction ~ Powder Monkey
2014 New England Book Festival Children's Books Honorable Mention ~ Hockey Agony
Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 2014 1st Place Picture Books 6 and Old ~ A Sandy Grave
The Beach Book Festival 2014 Awards Honorable Mention ~ A Sandy Grave
Story Monster Approval 2014 ~ A Sandy Grave
Readers Favorite 2012 International Book Awards Honorable Mention Children K-3rd General ~ The Golden Pathway
Literary Classics 2011 Silver Award Recipient Picture Book Early Reader ~ The Golden Pathway
Literary Classics 2011 Finalist Picture Book Early Reader ~ The Golden Pathway
Literary Classics 2011 Seal of Approval Picture Book Early Reader ~ The Golden Pathway
Finalist in Dan Poynter's Global eBook Awards – Children’s Picture Book Fiction category – The Golden Pathway
Preditors & Editors Readers Poll 2010 – Top Ten - Children’s Books category – The Golden Pathway
78th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition – Honorable Mention – Children’s/Young Adult Fiction category ~ “The Hockey Agony”
78th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition – Honorable Mention – Children’s/Young Adult Fiction category ~ “Images of the Past”
77th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition – Honorable Mention – Children’s/Young Adult Fiction category ~ “The Golden Pathway”
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