We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Jack Cheng! Jack writes to us about the city of Detroit and shares a story about the powers of… maps. Trust us—this is a special handwritten and illustrated letter you don’t want to miss!
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Jack Cheng is a Shanghai-born, Detroit-based author of critically acclaimed fiction for young readers. His debut children’s novel, See You in the Cosmos, is winner of the 2017 Golden Kite and Great Lakes, Great Reads awards for Best Middle Grade fiction. His next book, also for young readers, is set simultaneously in present-day metro Detroit and 1960s Communist China. He has visited schools across the country speaking with students about finding their path as a writer and artist, and volunteers with 826Michigan on in-class writing projects in Detroit public schools.
