Artistic Director of the Children's Theatre of Michigan, m'Arch McCarty, recently shared this response with Jean Alicia Elster after reading HOW IT HAPPENS: "...I felt like I was eavesdropping on some extremely personal and private conversations, and I thank you for allowing that familiarity...Thank you for your candor, for opening my eyes, and for choosing young readers as your principal audience. They need to have this information to move us all forward."
HOW IT HAPPENS was selected to be included on the recommended reading list of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators for March/Women's History Month.
HOW IT HAPPENS has been selected as a community read by the Sterling Heights Public Library (Michigan)! Free copies for Sterling Heights residents while supplies last. Elster presentation on February 15 open to all. More info here.
HOW IT HAPPENS is a 2021 Forward Indies Silver Winner for Young Adult Fiction! click here
HOW IT HAPPENS was awarded a Bronze Medal in Young Adult Fiction (General) by the 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards! click here
How It Happens has been selected as a finalist for the 2022 Midwest Book Award in Young Adult Fiction!
HOW IT HAPPENS is a 2021 Foreword INDIES Book Award Finalist in the category of Young Adult Fiction! click here
School Library Journal review of HOW IT HAPPENS! To read an excerpt from the review click here
See the Media page for the video excerpt of Jean Alicia Elster reading HOW IT HAPPENS with musical accompaniment. (Or click here)
Order Jean Alicia Elster's young adult novel HOW IT HAPPENS now! click here
