Eva passed away just 15 days after we accepted Little, Brown’s offer for the finished manuscript. She was on an education trip at Auschwitz when this happened. She wanted this book to reach every child out there.
It might be the "creepy" factor that will interest kids in picking up this book, but it's the layers to the story and the complicated, authentic characters that will keep kids reading.
In THE NATURAL GENIUS OF ANTS, Harvard Corson has a huge task in front of him and only a short summer to accomplish it—trying to get his doctor father to forgive himself for a very big mistake that cost a baby her life. Not only that, but Harvard also needs to keep an ant colony alive!