Laura Malone Elliott is the author of Under a War-Torn Sky, an NCSS/CBC Notable Book in Social Studies, a Jefferson Cup Honor Book, and winner of the Borders’ Original Voices Award, and its sequel, A Troubled Peace, also an NCSS/CBC Notable; Annie, Between the States, an IRA Teacher’s Choice and NYPL Book for the Teen Age; Give Me Liberty; and Flying South, a Bank Street College Best Children’s Book. She lives in Virginia with her family. You can visit her online at www.lmelliott.com or on Twitter @L_M_Elliott.