Susan Stoderl
- Apr 5
- 2 min
Excerpt | Terror in the Dismal Swamp
... It didn’t take long to reach the mouth of the narrow Feeder Ditch. The left bank hosted almost impenetrable canebrake and tall...
Susan Stoderl
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Writing Middle-Grade Historical Books | Making History Exciting and Thought-Provoking
In Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers, Book 2, Mission 1: Unexpected Visitors, two enslaved twins try to escape via the Maritime...
Susan Stoderl
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Unexpected Visitors: A Night to Remember in Chapter 26 of Mission 2
[Jeb and Liza are fugitive enslaved kids who have time traveled to New York City from 1832 to 2019. Like Sophia and Pedro, they are...
Susan Stoderl
- Jan 26
- 2 min
Middle Grade Historical Time Travel Book Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors, Maroons in the Great Dismal Swamp
Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp | Middle-Grade Fiction |Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors Historical Fiction and Time Travel
Susan Stoderl
- Jan 12
- 1 min
Author Reads Chapter 3 Excerpt, "Intersection Between Good and Evil", Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors
The children of Ezekiel Stewart are about to meet their new mother on the Veranda of Oak Grove Plantation in 1832. Both his three...
Susan Stoderl
- Dec 1, 2023
- 1 min
Sneak Peak at Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers, Vol. 2, Unexpected Visitors Coming in Spring 2024
In 1832, two enslaved children attempted to escape via the Maritime Underground Railroad from Edenton, North Carolina. However, when a...