Shari Green writes fiction and poetry for children and young adults. Her latest novel, SONG OF FREEDOM, SONG OF DREAMS, won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and was a Governor General’s Literary Award finalist. Her other novels in verse include GAME FACE, MISSING MIKE, Schneider Family Book Award winner MACY McMILLAN AND THE RAINBOW GODDESS, and ROOT BEER CANDY AND OTHER MIRACLES. Shari’s books have been included on international “best of” lists and selected for numerous provincial and state readers’-choice programs. She lives with her husband on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, on the traditional territory of the Laich-Kwil-Tach peoples.