Author of Mercury Boys & Damselfly
Often using history as a lens to gain insight into the roles gender and race play in self-determination, Chandra creates vivid characters in stories that engage readers and inspire discussion.
“Mesmerizing, terrifying, thrilling, and dangerously beautiful.”
Carrie Firestone, author of The Loose Ends List
Featured Books
Young adult novel
Present-day high school girls form a secret society and discover that handling liquid mercury lets them visit long-dead people who appear in daguerreotypes. Is it a magical sisterhood, or a dangerous place of hysteria, jealousy, and betrayal?
Young adult novel
A fast, edgy novel about a varied group of American teenagers stranded on an uninhabited island. Rich in allegory and symbolism, it explores human nature and makes a natural companion to Lord of the Flies.
About Chandra
“I knew from an early age, eleven or twelve, that I wanted to be an author. When I was a child, one of my favorite activities was spending quiet hours in my room writing short stories (come to think of it, that is still one of my favorite activities). I also reveled in make-believe games with my two brothers; I remember pretending to be pirates and Ghostbusters and jewel thieves and deep-sea divers. Those early, fanciful imaginings no doubt gave me creative fodder for the books that I’ve written, and the books that I hope are still to come.”
The Books
Praise
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Prasad gets inside Amelia Earhart’s psyche to give life to the woman behind the myth.
Kristine Huntley · Booklist, October 1, 2009
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The multiracial characters in Mixed, who inhabit worlds as diverse as a Los Angeles suburb, an Indian reservation in Wyoming, a Vietnamese village, and the streets of Queens, New York, emerge as refreshingly complex and compelling.
Pearl Fuyo Gaskins · Author of What Are You?
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Mixed is an absorbing and thought-provoking collection of stories that explore racial identity, alienation, and people often forced to choose between races and cultures in a search for self-identity.
Vanessa Bush · Booklist
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There are some wonderful, deftly crafted, satisfying reads in Mixed.
Lise Funderburg · Chicago Sun-Times
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