Books with author Louise Hawes

[Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17)]In this fresh novel about finding one's own voice, Sarah is forced to take a poetry class as penance for trashing the home of a famous poet.Sarah has had her happy ending: she's at the party of the year with the most popular boy in school. But when that boy turns out to be a troublemaker who decided to throw a party at a cottage museum dedicated to renowned poet Rufus Baylor, everything changes. By the end of the party, the whole cottage is trashed -- curtains up in flames, walls damaged, mementos smashed -- and when the partygoers are caught, they're all sentenced to take a summer class studying Rufus Baylor's poetry -- with Baylor as their teacher.For Sarah, Baylor is a revelation. Unlike her mother, who is obsessed with keeping up appearances, and her estranged father, for whom she can't do anything right, Rufus Baylor listens to what she has to say and appreciates her ear for language. Through his classes, Sarah starts to see her relationships and the world in a new light and finds that maybe her happy ending is really only part of a much more interesting beginning.The Language of Stars is a gorgeous celebration of poetry, language, and love from celebrated author Louise Hawes.

[Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17)]In this fresh novel about finding one's own voice, Sarah is forced to take a poetry class as penance for trashing the home of a famous poet.Sarah has had her happy ending: she's at the party of the year with the most popular boy in school. But when that boy turns out to be a troublemaker who decided to throw a party at a cottage museum dedicated to renowned poet Rufus Baylor, everything changes. By the end of the party, the whole cottage is trashed -- curtains up in flames, walls damaged, mementos smashed -- and when the partygoers are caught, they're all sentenced to take a summer class studying Rufus Baylor's poetry -- with Baylor as their teacher.For Sarah, Baylor is a revelation. Unlike her mother, who is obsessed with keeping up appearances, and her estranged father, for whom she can't do anything right, Rufus Baylor listens to what she has to say and appreciates her ear for language. Through his classes, Sarah starts to see her relationships and the world in a new light and finds that maybe her happy ending is really only part of a much more interesting beginning.The Language of Stars is a gorgeous celebration of poetry, language, and love from celebrated author Louise Hawes.

Paint first with your eyes. These are words Lavinia Fontana hears again and again as she eavesdrops on her father’s lessons with his male apprentices. Though her artist father, Prospero Fontana, uses his eyes with great precision in his painting, he does not see the fire and talent in his own daughter. Feeling nearly invisible, Vini struggles to gain the approval of a father focused on his own desire for a son to carry on his work. And while Vini sneaks paper and paint from a studio she is not allowed to be a part of, a tender romance blossoms where she least expects it and a tarot card portending “death and darkness” threatens to change her life.