Hello, and welcome to my writing world!
My first novel, Prisoner 88, is available now. A ten-year-old in prison? This middle grade historical novel is set at the Idaho Penitentiary in 1885.
Awards for Prisoner 88:
*Indies Next List pick
*2013 list of Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts by the NCTE
*2014-15 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award (DCF) Master List (State of Vermont)
*2015-16 Nebraska Golden Sower Award List (in the YA catagory)
*2015-16 Charlie May Simon Reading List (State of Arkansas)
My first nonfiction book, How to Design a World-Class Engineering College: A History of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University is also available.
For non-boring nonfiction, try my blog, A Wonder-filled Life, at leahpileggi.blogspot.com
Happy reading!
Leah Pileggi
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
