In this post, we feature author Laura Silverman, whose popular titles include the novel Recommended for You. You can hear her speak about her new collection of short stories, Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunrise and Sunset, and try her fun “invitation to imagine” activity. You’ll also find other resources to explore. Thanks for joining us, and let us know what you think in the comments below!
Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunrise and Sunset
- Edited by Laura Silverman
- Published by Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Workman Publishing
- Release date: July 13, 2021
When everyone else goes to bed, the ones who stay up feel like they’re the only people in the world. As the hours tick by, the familiar drops away and the unfamiliar beckons. Adults are asleep, and a hush falls over the hum of daily life. Anything is possible. It’s a time for romance and adventure. For prom night and ghost hunts. It’s a time for breaking up, for falling in love—for finding yourself. Stay up all night with these 13 short stories from bestselling and award-winning YA authors, including Karen McManus, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nina LaCour, Brandy Colbert, and Laura Silverman, as they take readers deep into these rarely seen, magical hours.
From “Never Have I Ever,” by Karen McManus, the first story in Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunrise and Sunset, edited by Laura Silverman.
If this were a normal Friday night, I would’ve left Katie Chang’s party before midnight. Curfew is nonnegotiable in the Finch household, and I’m way past it.
Read a longer excerpt from Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunrise and Sunset, edited by Laura Silverman.
Explore Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunrise and Sunset
Listen to Laura Silverman talking with TeachingBooks about creating Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunrise and Sunset. You can click the player below or experience the recording on TeachingBooks, where you can read along as you listen, and also translate the text to another language.
- Listen to author Laura Silverman pronounce her name.
- Read along with an audiobook performance of Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunrise and Sunset.
- Explore TeachingBooks’ collection of activities and resources for Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunrise and Sunset.
Invitation to Imagine
TeachingBooks asks each author or illustrator on our Virtual Book Tour to share a writing prompt, a drawing exercise, or just an interesting question to spark curiosity and creativity. Enjoy the following activity contributed by Laura Silverman.
Imagination Activity with Laura Silverman
It’s late at night. The sun has gone down, and your parents are fast asleep. Something mysterious and fun will occur tonight. What happens? What do you discover?
Finish This Sentence . . . with Laura Silverman
As part of our Virtual Book Tour, TeachingBooks asks authors and illustrators to complete short sentence prompts. Enjoy Laura Silverman’s response.
“I knew I would be a writer when…”
I knew I would be a writer when I was a young child. As soon as I could write, I enjoyed coming up with stories. It felt exciting to imagine new worlds in my mind and describe them on the page. There were endless adventures to explore!
Thank you!
To wrap up this Virtual Book Tour, we thank Laura Silverman for signing a book for all of us.
More Connections to Laura Silverman and Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunrise and Sunset
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