{"id":2172,"date":"2014-01-17T23:08:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T04:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calla2.com\/?p=2172"},"modified":"2014-01-17T23:08:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T04:08:00","slug":"first-responses-to-underground-soldier-yay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/first-responses-to-underground-soldier-yay\/","title":{"rendered":"First responses to Underground Soldier &#8212; yay!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Underground Soldier officially hit store shelves on January 1, 2014 and I have been on pins and needles, waiting for initial reader response. Well, today I got it, and I am thrilled!<\/p>\n<p>Karen Upper, teacher-librarian-superwoman of the Near North, made a trailer of the book. You can view it on Youtube. Wow!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UXitrd8mOb8\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And she had this to say:<\/p>\n<p>Hi Marsha:<br \/>\nI have let one of my Grade 8 students read this wonderful story, her mom told me she found Gabby crying, while reading it.<br \/>\nGabby&#8217;s response was so strong, she felt that she had to write you her reaction:<\/p>\n<p>{she is usually a very shy girl, and doesn&#8217;t talk much &#8212; but this book evoked a very strong reaction in her}<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2672ec;\"><strong>&#8220;This is an extraordinary book that you cannot put down, until you&#8217;re done and even then, you find yourself rereading it over and over. The author used great descriptive wording that placed a clear image into your head. This novel makes you laugh, CRY, and fear for the characters.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gabby W&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I just had to share this wonderful comment with you.\u00a0 My reaction echoes Gabby&#8217;s.<br \/>\nThank you for allowing me to read this very moving story.<br \/>\nsincerely,<br \/>\nKaren<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Underground Soldier officially hit store shelves on January 1, 2014 and I have been on pins and needles, waiting for initial reader response. Well, today I got it, and I am thrilled! Karen Upper, teacher-librarian-superwoman of the Near North, made a trailer of the book. You can view it on Youtube. Wow! And she had &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/first-responses-to-underground-soldier-yay\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;First responses to Underground Soldier &#8212; yay!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}