R. A. Nelson made an exhilarating YA debut with the by turns terrifying [and] poetic Teach Me ( Horn Book) and followed that up with the incandescent (Kirkus) Breathe My Name. He lives with his family in north Alabama.
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Too late to run. I take one last, shuddery breath, then walk toward the pulpit. A wind from the sorghum fields hits me, and the pages flap all the way from Leviticus to First Corinthians. Even after all this time, I am never quite ready for the scream. It... SEE MORE