Susan Stoderl
Jul 5, 20241 min read
Excerpt | Author Susan Stoderl Reads Chapter 8 from Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors
In this reading from "Chapter 8, Through the Locks," two enslaved children are fleeing slavery through the Great Dismal Swamp.
Susan Stoderl
Jun 21, 20242 min read
Excerpt | Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors | Chapter 24 |Volume 2 of Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers Series
Excerpt from Chapter 34, of Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors.
Susan Stoderl
Apr 5, 20242 min read
Excerpt | Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors | Terror in the Dismal Swamp | Chapter 9
The left bank hosted almost impenetrable canebrake and tall bamboo, while the right bank was more open, with large timber.
Susan Stoderl
Mar 15, 20242 min read
Writer's Life | Writing Middle-Grade Historical Fiction | Making History Exciting and Thought-Provoking
This passage kick-started my characters' journey, but that was only the beginning of investigating countless issues.
Susan Stoderl
Feb 2, 20242 min read
Excerpt | Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors | A Night to Remember in Chapter 26
Jeb and Liza are fugitive enslaved kids who have time traveled to New York City from 1834 to 2022.
Susan Stoderl
Jan 26, 20242 min read
Maroons in the Great Dismal Swamp | Middle-Grade Fiction | Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors
Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp | Middle-Grade Fiction |Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors Historical Fiction and Time Travel
Susan Stoderl
Jan 12, 20241 min read
Excerpt | Chapter 3: Intersection Between Good and Evil," from Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors
The children of Ezekiel Stewart are about to meet their new mother on the Veranda of Oak Grove Plantation in 1834. They have their doubts.
Susan Stoderl
Dec 1, 20231 min read
Sneak Peek | Mission 2. Unexpected Visitors, Vol. 2 of the Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers Series | Coming in Spring 2025
In 1834, Jeb and Liza tried to escape slavery on the Maritime Underground Railroad from North Carolina but arrived in NYC in 2022.