Author's third book is named finalist in Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
Peanut Butter For Cupcakes: A True Story From the Great Depression, for ages 9 and up has been named a Finalist in the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the Children's/Juvenile Fiction Category! As a Finalist, Peanut Butter For Cupcakes will be listed in the Catalog handed to all registrants at this year's BookExpo America to be held in NYC on May 29th-31st. This is the largest industry Trade Show in North America with thousands of attendees from all arenas of the book industry. Peanut Butter For Cupcakes is the story of the author's father and his siblings growing up with a widowed father during the Great Depression. Oliver Nordmark's wife dies in a tragic accident when the youngest of her six children is 15 months old. The author's first 2 books, Fly Little Bird, Fly! and Beyond The Orphan Train are the true story of Oliver's childhood as an Orphan Train rider at the turn of the century. Over 250,000 children were placed out to Midwestern communities from the streets of NYC in search of a home from 1854-1929. This was the forerunner of America's Foster Care system.
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