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Amanda M. Thrasher was born in England, moved to Texas, and still resides there. She’s an award-winning Young Adult, General Fiction, Middle Grade, and Chapter Books author. Amanda is a multiple Gold Recipient of The Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA), earning the award in multiple categories, including Young Adult, General Fiction, and Chapter Books. She’s a multiple Gold Medal and Bronze winner of the Readers’ Favorite International Book awards. She was also awarded a New Apple Literary Award and earned a first-place North Texas Book Festival award.
In addition, Amanda was contracted to write a graphic novel for the Driving on the Right Side of the Road Program. The publication is part of the Driving on the Right Side of the Road (DRSR) program, developed by the Law-Related Education Department of the State Bar of Texas Law Focused Education, Inc., and the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center with funding from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the Texas Department of Transportation. The program’s purpose is to offer a preventive educational program to encourage responsible decision-making regarding obeying traffic laws and following safe practices. The graphic novel titled What If … A Story of Shattered Lives was adapted into a reader’s theater for as few as five speakers or as many as twenty-six.
Reviewed by Nino Lobiladze for Readers' Favorite
The Ghost of Whispering Willow by Amanda M. Thrasher is a thrilling read for children, young adults, and adult fans of mysteries and adventures with a paranormal twist. Stewart, Andy, and Zack are three friends investigating unusual activity in the Whispering Willow Woods. The boys install and constantly check out cameras after sighting an apparition there. They learn that the girls from their school, Kendall, Ally, Krista, and Maggie, saw an otherworldly little girl playing with a doll among the trees. The mystified children decide to band together and research the history of the place. To their great surprise, the ghost of a boy around their age asks the children to help him and his little sister; otherwise, sinister things may happen in a ghost village nearby.
Amanda M. Thrasher's The Ghost of Whispering Willow is about friendship, kindness, loyalty, compassion, resourcefulness, and family values. The young protagonists prove that real friendship is limitless and are ready to protect their ghost friends even when the situation becomes dangerous. Kendall shows compassion toward an elderly neighbor, Mrs. O'Riley, sensing her loneliness, in a beautiful and moving scene. Thrasher skillfully engages young readers in the story. The pace of the narrative is well-balanced, and the twists and turns will give chills even to adults. Readers will feel the uncanny ambiance of the haunted wood and the ghost village. The author uses simple yet unsettling descriptions to evoke readers' imaginations, foreshadowing more mysterious events. I like the excellent editorial work and recommend this captivating book to school libraries as well.
