The author, on Ernie's best quality:
He’s incredibly loyal. He’s also incredibly brave. I was watching Jurassic Park with the kids once, and you know that scene where the T. Rex slowly turns its head and roars? Ernie stood between the kids and growled back. He weighed fifteen pounds. I’ll always love him for...[read on]About Kennedy's latest novel, What Goes Up, from the publisher:
Rosa and Eddie are among hundreds of teens applying to NASA's mysterious Interworlds Agency. They're not exactly sure what the top-secret program entails, but they know they want in. Rosa has her brilliant parents' legacies to live up to, and Eddie has nowhere else to go--he's certainly not going to stick around and wait for his violent father to get out of jail. Even if they are selected, they have no idea what lies in store. But first they have to make it through round after round of crazy-competitive testing.Visit Katie Kennedy's website.
And then something happens that even NASA's scientists couldn't predict...
From the author of the acclaimed Learning to Swear in America comes another high-stakes adventure that's absolutely out of this world.
Coffee with a Canine: Katie Kennedy & Ernie.
--Marshal Zeringue