Carmela A. Martino, Children's Book Author

Highlighted Works . . .

New in 2010!
"Big Z, Cammi, and Me"
Short story in I Fooled You: Ten Stories of Tricks, Jokes, and Switcheroos, a middle-grade anthology edited by Johanna Hurwitz. See the teacher's guide here.
Middle-Grade Novel
Rosa, Sola
After praying and praying for a younger sibling, Rosa is thrilled to learn her mother is finally pregnant. But then tragedy strikes, and each member of her family must find a way to cope—including Rosa.
To read an excerpt from the novel, click here.
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For a list of discussion questions, click here.
Poem in Anthology
"Questions: A Poem in Two Voices"
In Chicken Soup for the Soup: Teens Talk High School edited by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, & Madeline Clapps
For Recommended Reading for Children and Teens click below:


Carmela's Blog
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Wordswimmer Interview on Character Names

April 25, 2010

Tags: Character Names, Interview


If you'd like to read more about character names, see my interview posted today by Bruce Black on his Wordswimmer blog. He also links back to my earlier blog post listing naming references. If you missed it, you can read that post here.