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Barbara Mahler


Author Website: Barbara A. Mahler

Author Address: Boulder, Colorado and Malibu, California

Presentations:
This is an exciting time for The Hole in the Sky. Thanks to Skype-an-Author and Paperback Swap, students in several schools are incorporating The Hole in the Sky into their reading curriculum. Greenwood Elementary School in Denver, Colorado has scheduled "One Book, One Grade, The Hole in the Sky", so that all the students in fifth grade can read the book at the same time. The students at Greenwood invited me to visit, and I recently met with all the fifth grade students in the library at Greenwood and had a great time asking and answering questions. Teachers, students and librarians from many schools have created questions and ideas for lesson plans, which are available on request.

I am committed to promoting the joy of reading and writing with students from all income levels. If needed, I donate books to schools and give my time through Skype visits at no charge. If you are a librarian or a teacher and are interested in receiving a sufficient quantity of books for a book club or a entire class to read the book, please contact me at barbaramahler@theholeinthesky.net. You can download the ebook from a link on this page.

Things are changing rapidly in the publishing world, but for a student, there's still nothing quite like opening a beautiful hardback book full of possibility and magic. I would love to share my book with you and look forward to spending time with you and your students. All the best.

Barbara Mahler

Audiences: 4th grade to 6th grade students, mother-daughter book clubs, library book clubs

Available Times: Monday, Friday, and Saturday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM MST

If you would like to record the Skype session with the author, please make this request in advance when you make arrangements for the session. We also appreciate having permission to record the session for the production of videos.

Prerequisites:
A technical run through prior to the presentation by the school staff and author to avoid issues with the classroom presentation itself.

Contact Information: email: barbaramahler@theholeinthesky.net

Awards:
Family Choice AwardMoonbeam bronze award2010 Nautilus Silver winnerBenjamin Franklin gold medalYoung Voices Gold Award

My Appreciation To:
Tiffany Tsau, my first reader after publication
Marine Biology Laboratory Satellite Club, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Friends' School, Boulder, Colorado
Not Your Ordinary School, Austin, Texas
Boulder Butterfly Girls Book Club, Boulder, Colorado
Bear Creek Elementary School, Boulder, Colorado
Cosgrove Middle School, Spencerport, New York
Roger Ludlowe Middle School, Fairfield, Connecticut
St. John-Emmanuel Lutheran School, Monroeville, Indiana
GEMS Royal Dubai School, Dubai, U.A.E.
Pocola Middle School, Pocola, Oklahoma
Sunset Elementary, Newton, Kansas
New Cairo British International School, Cairo, Egypt
Binford Elementary School, Bloomington, Indiana
School 23, Yonkers, New York
Greenwood Elementary, Denver Colorado
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary, Compton, California
St. Francis College, St. Francis Bay, South Africa
Peoria Public Library, Peoria, Illinois
The American School of Paris, Saint Cloud, France
Maple Avenue Middle School, Littlestown, Pennsylvania
Gladwin High School, Gladwin, Mississippi
Forest Stewardship Council







The Hole in the Sky


Skype visit to Cairo, Egypt


2009 winner of bronze Moonbeam Award for Pre-teen Fiction - Fantasy

2010 Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal winner, fiction cover design

2010 Nautilus Award Silver winner

2010 Young Voices Double Silver, Best Regional Fiction - WM and Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction


2010 Finalist for ForeWord Review's Book of the Year Award for Juvenile Fiction


Skype visit to Cosgrove Middle School

Skype visit to Roger Ludlowe Middle School
Reviews: Click the link after the quote to read the entire review.

I read this book from cover to cover in the span of a few hours. I felt like I was cheating myself of Kaela and her new extraordinary and supernatural friends whenever I put it down to eat. This book doesn’t contain an extraneous word or a boring scene. The story flows from page to page like a beautiful clear stream. In the end, I still craved for more of Kaela Neuleaf and her cousin Shawn. Gema Mora, Radical Parenting

"The Hole in the Sky takes you on a ride filled with mystery and magic. And at about 300 pages my daughter was daunted in the beginning but, quickly fell into the story and called her time with Kaela and Shawn her "fun time". And if my girl calls reading a book her "fun time"... then Ms. Mahler has done something very right." Ann Again....and Again Reviews

"The Hole in the Sky was written for 8 to 12 year olds. However, any parent would enjoy reading the book right along with his or her child. There are many themes of love and loss throughout the book that lend themselves to wonderful, thought-filled discussions with your child. The book made me wish I had a young daughter and we could read it together." Julie Marie Totsch, blogcritics.org

"'The red-head is back! It’s the beginning of the end...'
A world of magical beings and all-too-human mistakes- People of good and evil- A choice between unimaginable wrong and endless hardship. Thirteen-year-old Kaela Neuleaf faced with all these dilemmas when she falls from “a hole in the sky”, or rather the floor of her bedroom closet back home.
This book is suited for anyone with a taste for adventure and a yearning for fantasy. It is highly recommended by Boyu Huang" Allbooks Review.


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