I taught middle and high school English for many years and found students that age to be among the most intelligent and thoughtful people on the planet. My quest is to create challenging and insightful novels for them that reflect an unflinching but optimistic exploration of today’s most timely issues.
I taught middle and high school English for many years and found students that age to be among the most intelligent and thoughtful people on the planet. My quest is to create challenging and insightful novels for them that reflect an unflinching but optimistic exploration of today’s most timely issues.
John Blossom's Projects
HORSE BOYS
Thirteen-year-old Michael is a sensitive, school-loving student from the suburbs of Milwaukee. He ... more
Lenore and the Problem With Love: When You Go To College Save The World
Written just prior to the pandemic, Lenore and the Problem With Love, eerily predicted the covid dis... more
Mahina Rises
Thirteen-year-old Mahina Moemoea lives on a ranch in up-country Hawaii and wants more out of life th... more
The Last Football Player
A realistic near-future, young adult, science fiction, sports drama featuring an upcoming 9th grade ... more
The Tunes of Lenore
National Indie Excellence Award Finalist 2019
Ella is sixteen and her ex-hippie parents are getti... more
To Be Or Not To Be
A coming-of-age novel about a young man who makes a fateful decision about his acting career. ... more
TRESPASSING: WHEN NATURE SPEAKS DO WE LISTEN?
True stories about close calls in nature by a restless, hard-working American man in love with the o... more
