“I blame it on the “mommy” in me, but just the thought of little ones being left to take care of themselves… I was drawn all the more into the story and couldn’t read fast enough to find out what happens to these defenseless children.” Christy P

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Thank you Jim Dean, the person behind YA YEAH YEAH–a great YA blog site–for letting me discuss a few things about Night of the Purple Moon…along with other topics.

3. What YA books have inspired your writing?

All Jules Verne, a lot of Roald Dahl, William Goldman’s The Princess Bride, and short stories by Jack London. Specifically for NOPM: Homecoming by Cynthia Voight and Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. Their characters faced incredible challenges and embarked on epic journeys. As I was thinking about what would eventually become Night of the Purple Moon, I wanted to try to make the challenges and stakes even greater.

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“This is a fairly strange way to start a review of a sci-fi book, but what really got me about Night of the Purple Moon was how realistic it felt. Everything after the initial deaths due to the dust seems to be incredibly well thought out, both in the way in which characters act and the effects their actions have. Similarly, the characters – especially Abby and Emily – are very well-developed and this makes it gut-wrenching when bad things happen to them.”

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