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Dr. Julia E. Antoine began writing professionally at a very young age. She began with short stories and has since progressed to a whole lot more. She wrote and published a working curriculum for a career school, a business manual and its answer key, as well as, other literary works.
In 2010, not too long after major health issues, she took a different turn, and began writing for fun and enjoyment. She wrote her first children’s book that year, which was immediately followed by a collection of short stories. Her children's books won silver from Mom's Choice Award to wide acclaim.
Dr. Antoine currently writes children's books under her given name and romance novels under a pen name.
Visit her at: http://www.too-clever.com or on her blog at http://www.too-clever.blogspot.com
Find her on FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/AntoineChild..., she loves hearing from you.
Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite
Too Clever X: Megan's Troublesome Pronouns is a children's educational book for 4th-6th graders, written and designed by Dr. Julia E. Antoine. Megan was always her daddy's girl. They both loved to read, and her dad was always there to help her with homework at night. Her little brother, Dilan, was very different than she was. He wasn't interested in reading and preferred to play games and watch television instead of doing schoolwork. Dilan was his mother's boy, and he was able to get just about anything he wanted from her. Their lives all changed one fateful day when Megan's mom arrived at her school. Megan was confused when she was sent to the principal's office, and she knew something horrible had happened when she saw her mom standing there and crying. When her mom told her that her dad had been in a car accident and was not expected to live, Megan started to cry too. The two of them rushed to the hospital so Megan could say goodbye to her dad, but she never had the chance. At first, she wouldn't leave her room and life seemed like it would never be worth living again, but slowly she started to heal.
Dr. Julia E. Antoine's educational book for preteens and children, Too Clever X: Megan's Troublesome Pronouns, tackles some heavy subjects, the foremost being dealing with catastrophic loss and the grieving process. Megan and her family's loss is handled perceptively and intuitively by the author, and I found myself moved by the grief eleven-year-old Megan feels over the loss of her dad. Antoine's story shows that it is indeed possible to survive such a loss, and she does so in a respectful and poignant way. While life would never be the same again, Megan learns to appreciate and recognize the pain the rest of her family feels, and she's happy when she finally sees her mom going out and meeting people. As the title indicates, Antoine includes a marvelous educational component to this story -- the proper use of pronouns. It had been a troubling issue for Megan while her father was alive, and she's able to formulate her own grammar rules using the guidelines he taught her. Megan’s rules are brilliant, and I intend to employ her trigger rules when the need arises. Too Clever X: Megan's Troublesome Pronouns is a marvelous tale about a young girl's coming of age under the most trying of times, and it works magnificently. It's outstanding and most highly recommended.
