About
Kate worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood, developing and writing teleplays about women's issues. After receiving her MA in Human Development, Kate worked as a teen advocate in the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women's Teen Abuse Prevention Project. She also trained to be part of the LA Commission's Rape Crisis Hot Line team. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America West and PEN USA. Kate facilitated support groups for adolescent girls in California and New Mexico. She coordinated a three-year, science-based drug and alcohol abuse prevention Life Skills program in the public middle schools of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Kate is currently teaching her fourth PEN in the Classroom writing workshop to eighth graders at Capshaw middle school in Santa Fe, doing Girls Groups with Santa Fe Planned Parenthood and a SASS group (self-awareness, school support) at Capshaw middle school.
CHOICES is Kate's first Young Adult novel. It won a Foreward Book of the Year Award 2009 and was part of the New Title Showcase at Book Expo America, 2010. CHOICES received a 2010 Gold Mom's Choice award for young adult fiction and an Eric Hoffer Award 2010. Contact Kate through her website: www.katebuckleybooks.com, on Facebook at Kate Buckley Books or follow her on Twitter at k8buckleybooks.
Love Triangles: Discovering Jesus the Jew in Today's Israel
Description
<p>A Jewish woman’s unconventional quest to find Jesus in modern Israel<br /><br />With candor and an intimate knowledge of the Land and its people, Bobbie Ann Cole takes you on some intriguing time travel, such as to the ceremonial slaughtering of Passover lambs in the nearby temple as Jesus died on the cross.<br />Her moving and compellingly-written personal story of making Aliyah to Israel with her husband, Butch effectively interweaves Israel’s ancient and modern history with biblical references. She reveals the challenges that have faced Jewish believers from Peter and Paul on down to the present day, including her own. The underlying antagonism of her beloved Israel towards Messianic Jews leaves her sneaking around, keeping her true identity secret.<br />A blend of memoir, travelogue, historical document and investigative journalism, Love Triangles<br />is not about theological principals; it's about love.<br />Discover:<br />• How Jesus used Jewish festivals to underscore His message.<br />• The story of Jesus’ Bar Mitzvah.<br />• Why Jewish atheists may move to Israel but not believer Jews.<br />• Why Judaism rejects Jesus as Messiah.</p>
Story Behind The Book
I read an article in the LATimes about a mother crossing a picket line to take her fifteen year old daughter to a Planned Parenthood clinic. Once inside, the doctor recognized her and asked, "Didn't I see you in that picket line last week?" To which the mother replied, "This is different, this is my daughter." I created a TV movie treatment which ultimately evolved into my young adult novel, Choices.
Reviews
Ms. Magazine: "This young adult novel tackles date rape and abortion with remarkable tenderness."<div>Kirkus: "... a fast paced story that portrays real events to which many teens can easily relate."</div><div>Book Divas: "I loved this book and could not put it down. It kept me locked into the terrifying aspect of teen partying and date rape ... I recommend this book to every teen girl."</div><div>see Kate's website for many more: http://www.katebuckleybooks.com</div>
