Doug Wilhelm is a full-time writer and editor in Weybridge, Vermont. His 16 published books for young readers includes The Revealers (FSG 2003, Macmillan/Square Fish '11), which has been the focus of reading-and-discussion projects in well over 1,000 middle schools and continues to be a perennial choice for grade-wide and all-school reads across the country. A production of the play version of The Revealers, by the National Children's Theatre of South Africa, was nominated for the 2015 Naledi Award-South Africa's top theatrical honor. Doug has visited over 100 schools across the U.S. His website, www.dougwilhelm.com, is a resource center for working with his novels.
"Street of Storytellers is a storytelling delight,
following the journey of a teenage American boy into the teeming
bazaars of Pakistan and a world of musicians, refugees, scholars
and the religious fanatics who will become the followers of Osama
bin Laden. The story is rich in detail and suspense. Young Luke,
resentful of his father's research project and unwilling to learn
about the culture around him, ends up learning more than he could
ever have expected." -David Moats, Pulitzer-prize
winning journalist
"Street of Storytellers is a vivid and layered novel of
family angst, clashing cultures, navigating friendships, first
love, and wisdom versus extremism amid frightening political and
religious tensions in 1984 Pakistan -- as told by Luke, a
15-year-old American who did not want to be there. Wilhelm
skillfully weaves history into dramatic youth fiction that is both
a personal story and a perspective on world events today."
-Deborah Rodriguez, author of Kabul Beauty
School and The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
"Wilhelm, a former journalist who traveled to Pakistan to interview
young people in the 1980s, offers an American teenager's
perspective on a pivotal moment in modern world history. Main
character Luke explores his own evolving thoughts about "An
entertaining, thoughtful look at a complicated historical,
religious, artistic, and cultural crossroads." -Kirkus
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