Tari’s Comments (group member since May 22, 2013)

Tari’s comments from the Ask Mitchell Zuckoff group.

Mitchell wrote: "Hi Tari:

Thanks very much for the kind words about "Lost in Shangri-La." (I hope you enjoy "Frozen in Time," too.) If your school chooses "Shangri-La" for all the students to read, I'll put a full..."

Well, that will get me fired up for promoting it....I am going to work the engineering angle for the gliders...Mitchell, this is my new mission.

Having traveled in the Highlands of New Guinea (wow....that was an adventure) and being a WW2 buff, I loved "Lost in Shangri-La".

I teach biology at a community college and have tried to get a WW2 novel including yours as our common book. Nothing I can do or say brings any other interested parties to agree. (They pick the dullest "coming of age" books, same themes every year) yet I can't help but believe this story of young soldiers and citizens far away from home on an incredible adventure would be a great read for college freshman. Many of the people in your novel were the same age as these students. Additionally, the are in which we live was an active site during the war for manufacturing gliders. In fact, recently a glider was built by volunteers and is now on display which would make a great field trip to tie the novel and gliders together. Can you give me any suggestions on how to get community interest in this book?

May have to load your new book on my ereader tonight...grades are in and I have time to read!