It’s part Treasure Island, part Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a dash of Huckleberry Finn — but Sugar Money is something entirely its own. Told from the point-of-view and voice of Lucien, a barely thirteen-year old farm slave on Martinique, the novel is based on real events.
I had the great honor to interview writer and editor Michael Sims about his newest book, The Phantom Coach and pick his brain about growing up in rural Tennessee, the (super)natural and what the ghost stories of our time will be like. Did that disconnection from what some might call “civilization” imbue you with an affinity…
Growing up, I kinda skipped the YA genre. For one thing, it was not as prevalent. For another I was pretty “old” for my age (I still am). Sometimes I feel I am catching up for my younger self. I wish this book had been around when I was in 5th or 6th grade, and…